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=head1 NAME
Log::Handler::Output::DBI - Log messages to a database.
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use Log::Handler::Output::DBI;
my $db = Log::Handler::Output::DBI->new(
# database source
database => "database",
driver => "mysql",
host => "127.0.0.1",
port => 3306,
# or with "dbname" instead of "database"
dbname => "database",
driver => "Pg",
host => "127.0.0.1",
port => 5432,
# or with data_source
data_source => "dbi:mysql:database=database;host=127.0.0.1;port=3306",
# Username and password
user => "user",
password => "password",
# debugging
debug => 1,
# table, columns and values (as string)
table => "messages",
columns => "level ctime cdate pid hostname progname message",
values => "%level %time %date %pid %hostname %progname %message",
# table, columns and values (as array reference)
table => "messages",
columns => [ qw/level ctime cdate pid hostname progname message/ ],
values => [ qw/%level %time %date %pid %hostname %progname %message/ ],
# table, columns and values (your own statement)
statement => "insert into messages (level,ctime,cdate,pid,hostname,progname,message) values (?,?,?,?,?,?,?)",
values => [ qw/%level %time %date %pid %hostname %progname %message/ ],
# if you like persistent connections and want to re-connect
persistent => 1,
);
my %message = (
level => "ERROR",
time => "10:12:13",
date => "1999-12-12",
pid => $$,
hostname => "localhost",
progname => $0,
message => "an error here"
);
$db->log(\%message);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
With this output you can insert messages into a database table.
=head1 METHODS
=head2 new()
Call C<new()> to create a new Log::Handler::Output::DBI object.
The following options are possible:
=over 4
=item B<data_source>
Set the dsn (data source name).
You can use this parameter instead of C<database>, C<driver>, C<host>
and C<port>.
=item B<database> or B<dbname>
Pass the database name.
=item B<driver>
Pass the database driver.
=item B<host>
Pass the hostname where the database is running.
=item B<port>
Pass the port where the database is listened.
=item B<user>
Pass the database user for the connect.
=item B<password>
Pass the users password.
=item B<table> and B<columns>
With this options you can pass the table name for the insert and the columns.
You can pass the columns as string or as array. Example:
# the table name
table => "messages",
# columns as string
columns => "level, ctime, cdate, pid, hostname, progname, message",
# columns as array
columns => [ qw/level ctime cdate pid hostname progname message/ ],
The statement would created as follows
insert into message (level, ctime, cdate, pid, hostname, progname, mtime, message)
values (?,?,?,?,?,?,?)
=item B<statement>
With this option you can pass your own statement if you don't want to you the
options C<table> and C<columns>.
statement => "insert into message (level, ctime, cdate, pid, hostname, progname, mtime, message)"
." values (?,?,?,?,?,?,?)"
=item B<values>
With this option you have to set the values for the insert.
values => "%level, %time, %date, %pid, %hostname, %progname, %message",
# or
values => [ qw/%level %time %date %pid %hostname %progname %message/ ],
The placeholders are identical with the pattern names that you have to pass
with the option C<message_pattern> from L<Log::Handler>.
%L level
%T time
%D date
%P pid
%H hostname
%N newline
%C caller
%p package
%f filename
%l line
%s subroutine
%S progname
%r runtime
%t mtime
%m message
Take a look to the documentation of L<Log::Handler> for all possible patterns.
=item B<persistent>
With this option you can enable or disable a persistent database connection and
re-connect if the connection was lost.
This option is set to 1 on default.
=item B<dbi_params>
This option is useful if you want to pass arguments to L<DBI>. The default is
set to
{
PrintError => 0,
AutoCommit => 1
}
C<PrintError> is deactivated because this would print error messages as
warnings to STDERR.
You can pass your own arguments - and overwrite it - with
dbi_params => { PrintError => 1, AutoCommit => 0 }
=item B<debug>
With this option it's possible to enable debugging. The information can be
intercepted with C<$SIG{__WARN__}>.
=back
=head2 log()
Log a message to the database.
my $db = Log::Handler::Output::DBI->new(
database => "database",
driver => "mysql",
user => "user",
password => "password",
host => "127.0.0.1",
port => 3306,
table => "messages",
columns => [ qw/level ctime message/ ],
values => [ qw/%level %time %message/ ],
persistent => 1,
);
$db->log(
message => "your message",
level => "INFO",
time => "2008-10-10 10:12:23",
);
Or you can connect to the database yourself. You should
notice that if the database connection lost then the
logger can't re-connect to the database and would return
an error. Use C<dbi_handle> at your own risk.
my $dbh = DBI->connect(...);
my $db = Log::Handler::Output::DBI->new(
dbi_handle => $dbh,
table => "messages",
columns => [ qw/level ctime message/ ],
values => [ qw/%level %time %message/ ],
);
=head2 connect()
Connect to the database.
=head2 disconnect()
Disconnect from the database.
=head2 validate()
Validate a configuration.
=head2 reload()
Reload with a new configuration.
=head2 errstr()
This function returns the last error message.
=head1 PREREQUISITES
Carp
Params::Validate
DBI
your DBI driver you want to use
=head1 EXPORTS
No exports.
=head1 REPORT BUGS
Please report all bugs to <jschulz.cpan(at)bloonix.de>.
If you send me a mail then add Log::Handler into the subject.
=head1 AUTHOR
Jonny Schulz <jschulz.cpan(at)bloonix.de>.
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2007-2009 by Jonny Schulz. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
=cut
use strict;
use DBI;
use Carp;
our $VERSION = "0.11";
our $ERRSTR = "";
sub new {
my $class = shift;
my $opts = $class->_validate(@_);
my $self = bless $opts, $class;
if ($self->{debug}) {
warn "Create a new Log::Handler::Output::DBI object";
}
return $self;
}
sub log {
my $self = shift;
my $message = @_ > 1 ? {@_} : shift;
my @values = ();
foreach my $v (@{$self->{values}}) {
if (ref($v) eq "CODE") {
push @values, &$v();
} elsif ($v =~ /^%(.+)/ && exists $message->{$1}) {
push @values, $message->{$1};
} else {
push @values, $v;
}
}
if ($self->{debug}) {
warn "execute: ".@values." bind values";
}
$self->connect or return undef;
if ( ! $self->{sth}->execute(@values) ) {
return $self->_raise_error("DBI execute error: ".DBI->errstr);
}
if (!$self->{persistent} && !$self->{dbi_handle}) {
$self->disconnect or return undef;
}
return 1;
}
sub connect {
my $self = shift;
if ($self->{persistent} && $self->{dbh}) {
if ($self->{use_ping}) {
if ($self->{dbh}->ping) {
return 1;
}
} else {
eval { $self->{dbh}->do($self->{pingstmt}) or die DBI->errstr };
return 1 unless $@;
}
}
if ($self->{debug}) {
warn "Connect to the database: $self->{cstr}->[0] ...";
}
my $dbh;
if ($self->{dbi_handle}) {
# If db ping failed and dbi_handle and dbi is set
# then it seems that the database is down.
if ($self->{dbi}) {
return $self->_raise_error("dbi_handle - lost connection");
}
$dbh = $self->{dbi_handle};
} else {
$dbh = DBI->connect(@{$self->{cstr}})
or return $self->_raise_error("DBI connect error: ".DBI->errstr);
}
my $sth = $dbh->prepare($self->{statement})
or return $self->_raise_error("DBI prepare error: ".$dbh->errstr);
$self->{dbh} = $dbh;
$self->{sth} = $sth;
return 1;
}
sub disconnect {
my $self = shift;
if ($self->{sth}) {
$self->{sth}->finish
or return $self->_raise_error("DBI finish error: ".$self->{sth}->errstr);
delete $self->{sth};
}
if ($self->{dbh}) {
if ($self->{debug}) {
warn "Disconnect from database";
}
$self->{dbh}->disconnect
or return $self->_raise_error("DBI disconnect error: ".DBI->errstr);;
delete $self->{dbh};
}
return 1;
}
sub validate {
my $self = shift;
my $opts = ();
eval { $opts = $self->_validate(@_) };
if ($@) {
return $self->_raise_error($@);
}
return $opts;
}
sub reload {
my $self = shift;
my $opts = $self->validate(@_);
if (!$opts) {
return undef;
}
$self->disconnect;
foreach my $key (keys %$opts) {
$self->{$key} = $opts->{$key};
}
return 1;
}
sub errstr {
return $ERRSTR;
}
#
# private stuff
#
sub _validate {
my $class = shift;
my %options = Params::Validate::validate(@_, {
data_source => {
type => Params::Validate::SCALAR,
optional => 1,
},
database => {
type => Params::Validate::SCALAR,
optional => 1,
},
dbname => {
type => Params::Validate::SCALAR,
optional => 1,
},
driver => {
type => Params::Validate::SCALAR,
optional => 1,
},
user => {
type => Params::Validate::SCALAR,
optional => 1,
},
password => {
type => Params::Validate::SCALAR,
optional => 1,
},
host => {
type => Params::Validate::SCALAR,
optional => 1,
},
port => {
type => Params::Validate::SCALAR,
optional => 1,
},
table => {
type => Params::Validate::SCALAR,
depends => [ "columns" ],
optional => 1,
},
columns => {
type => Params::Validate::SCALAR | Params::Validate::ARRAYREF,
depends => [ "table" ],
optional => 1,
},
values => {
type => Params::Validate::SCALAR | Params::Validate::ARRAYREF,
},
statement => {
type => Params::Validate::SCALAR,
optional => 1,
},
persistent => {
type => Params::Validate::SCALAR,
default => 1,
},
dbi_params => {
type => Params::Validate::HASHREF,
default => { PrintError => 0, AutoCommit => 1 },
},
use_ping => {
type => Params::Validate::SCALAR,
regex => qr/^[01]\z/,
default => 0,
},
debug => {
type => Params::Validate::SCALAR,
regex => qr/^[01]\z/,
default => 0,
},
});
if (!$options{table} && !$options{statement}) {
Carp::croak "Missing one of the mandatory options: 'statement' or 'table' and 'columns'";
}
# build the connect string (data source name)
my @cstr = ();
if (defined $options{data_source}) {
@cstr = ($options{data_source});
} elsif ($options{driver} && ($options{database} || $options{dbname})) {
$cstr[0] = "dbi:$options{driver}:";
if ($options{database}) {
$cstr[0] .= "database=$options{database}";
} else {
$cstr[0] .= "dbname=$options{dbname}";
}
if ($options{host}) {
$cstr[0] .= ";host=$options{host}";
if ($options{port}) {
$cstr[0] .= ";port=$options{port}";
}
}
} else {
Carp::croak "Missing mandatory options data_source or database/dbname";
}
if ($options{user}) {
$cstr[1] = $options{user};
if ($options{password}) {
$cstr[2] = $options{password};
}
}
$cstr[3] = $options{dbi_params};
$options{cstr} = \@cstr;
# build the statement
if (!ref($options{values})) {
$options{values} = [ split /[\s,]+/, $options{values} ];
}
if (!$options{statement}) {
$options{statement} = "insert into $options{table} (";
if (ref($options{columns})) {
$options{statement} .= join(",", @{$options{columns}});
} else {
$options{statement} .= join(",", split /[\s,]+/, $options{columns});
}
$options{statement} .= ") values (";
my @binds;
foreach my $v (@{$options{values}}) {
$v =~ s/^\s+//;
$v =~ s/\s+\z//;
push @binds, "?";
}
$options{statement} .= join(",", @binds);
$options{statement} .= ")";
}
if ($options{driver} && $options{driver} =~ /oracle/i) {
$options{pingstmt} = "select 1 from dual";
} else {
$options{pingstmt} = "select 1";
}
return \%options;
}
sub _raise_error {
my $self = shift;
$ERRSTR = shift;
return undef;
}
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