NAME

DB2::Table - Framework wrapper around tables using DBD::DB2

SYNOPSIS

    package myTable;
    use DB2::Table;
    our @ISA = qw( DB2::Table );
    
    ...
    
    use myDB;
    use myTable;
    
    my $db = myDB->new;
    my $tbl = $db->get_table('myTable');
    my $row = $tbl->find($id);

FUNCTIONS

new

Do not call this - you should get your table through your database object.

data_order

the key sub to override! The data must be a reference to an array of hashes. Each element (hash) in the array must contain certain keys, others are optional.

Required:

COLUMN

Column Name (must be upper case)

TYPE

SQL type

Optional:

LENGTH

for CHAR, VARCHAR, etc.

OPTS

optional stuff - NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY, etc.

DEFAULT

default value

PRIMARY

true for the primary key

CONSTRAINT

stuff that is placed in the table create independantly

FOREIGNKEY

For this column, will create a FOREIGN KEY statement. The value here is used during creation of the table, and should begin with the foreign table name and include any "ON DELETE", "ON UPDATE", etc., portions. This may change in the future where FOREIGNKEY will be itself another hashref with all these fields.

GENERATEDIDENTITY

For this column, will create as a generated identity. If this is undef or the word 'default', the option will be (START WITH 0, INCREMENT BY 1, NO CACHE), otherwise it will use whatever you provide here.

This is somewhat based on a single column for a primary key, which is not necessarily the "right" thing to do in relational design, but sure as heck simplifies coding! NOTE: Other columns may be present, but would only be used by the subclass.

get_base_row_type

When allowing the framework to create your row type object because there is no backing module, we need to know what to derive it from. If you have a generic row type that is derived from DB2::Row that you want all your rows to be derived from, you can override this.

If all your empty Row types are derived from a single type that is not DB2::Row, you should create a single Table type and have all your tables derived from that. That is, to create a derivation tree for your row such as:

    DB2::Row -> My::Row -> My::UserR

your derivation tree for your tables should look like:

    DB2::Table -> My::Table -> My::User

And then My::Table can override get_base_row_type to return q(My::Row)

getDB

Gets the DB2::db object that contains this table

schema_name

You need to override this. Must return the DB2 Schema to use for this table. Generally, you may want to derive a single "schema" class from DB2::Table which only overrides this method, and then derive each table in that schema from that class.

create_row

Creates a new DB2::Row object for this table. Called instead of the constructor for the DB2::Row object. Sets up defaults, etc. NOTE: this will not generate any identity column! We leave that up to the database, so we will retrieve that during the save before committing.

count

Should be obvious - a full count of all the rows in this table

count_where

Similar to count, except that the first parameter will be the SQL WHERE condition while the rest of the parameters will be the bind values for that WHERE condition.

find_id

Finds all rows with the primary column matching any of the parameters. For example, $tbl->find_id(1, 2, 10) will return an array of DB2::Row derived objects with all the data from 0-3 rows from this table, if the primary column for that row is either 1, 2, or 10.

find_where

Similar to find_id, the first parameter is the SQL WHERE condition while the rest of the parameters are the bind values for the WHERE condition.

In array context, will return the array of DB2::Row derived objects returned, whether empty or not.

In scalar context, will return undef if no rows are found, will return the single Row object if only one row is found, or an array ref if more than one row is found.

find_join

Similar to find_where, the first parameter is the tables to join and how they are joined (any '!!!' found will be replaced with the current table's full name), the second parameter is the where condition, if any, and the rest are bind values.

_prepare

Internally used to cache statements (future). This may change to prepare if it is found to be useful.

save

The table is what saves a row. If you've made changes to a row, this function will save it. Not really needed since the Row's destructor will save, but doesn't hurt.

commit

Commits all current actions

delete

Deletes the given row from the database.

SELECT

Wrapper around performing an SQL SELECT statement. The first argument is the columns you want, the next is the WHERE condition (undef if none), and the rest are the bind values. Will always return an array ref.

SELECT_distinct

Wrapper around performing an SQL SELECT statement with distinct rows only returned. Otherwise, it's exactly the same as SELECT above

SELECT_join

Wrapper around performing an SQL SELECT statement where you may be joining with other tables. The first argument is the columns you want, the second is the tables, and how they are to be joined, while the third is the WHERE condition. Further parameters are bind values. Any text matching '!!!' in the columns text will be replaced with this table's full table name. Any text matching '!(\S+?)!' will be replaced with $1's full table name.

table_name

The name of this table, excluding schema. This will default to the part of the current package after the last double-colon. For example, if your table is in package "myDB2::foo", then the table name will be "foo".

full_table_name

Shortcut to schema.table_name

column_list

Returns an array of all the column names, in order

all_data

Returns a hash ref which is all the data from data_order, but in no particular order (it's a hash, right?).

get_column

Gets information about a column or its data. First parameter is the column. Second parameter is the key (NAME, TYPE, etc.). If the key is not given, a hash ref is returned with all the data for this column. If the key is given, only that scalar is returned.

primaryColumn

Find the primary column. First time it is called, it will determine the primary column, and then it will cache this for later calls. If you want a table with no primary column, you must override this method to return undef.

If no column has the PRIMARY attribute, then the last column is defaulted to be the primary column.

generatedIdentityColumn

Determine the generated identity column, if any. This is determined by looking for the string 'GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY' in the OPTS of the column. Again, this is cached on first use.

create_table_initialise

A hook that will allow you to initialise the table immediately after its creation. If the table is newly created, the only parameter will be 'CREATE'. If the table is being altered, the first parameter will be 'ALTER' while the rest of the parameters will be the list of columns added.

The default action is mildly dangerous. It grants full select, insert, update, and delete authority to the user 'nobody'. This is the user that many daemons, including the default Apache http daemon, run under. If you override this, you can do whatever you want, including nothing. This default was put in primarily because many perl DBI scripts are expected to also be CGI scripts, so this may make certain things easier. This does not change the fact that when this grant is executed you will need some admin authority on the database.