We have a Catalyst app where incidents can have attachments, and the attachments are stored in the filesystem (MySql backend is lethargic for in-DB binary blobs).
Right now we're using a package global for storing the file-path-root, but obviously this should be handled via config somehow. Is there an elegant way to use MyApp.conf to set up a file-path that can get to $self->config consistently? If we use package MyApp::Schema::DB::Result::Incident; #... has 'config' => ( is => 'rw' ); #... then in the Controller we have to inject something into $incident->config manually at create-time like so: package MyApp::Web::Controller::Incident; #... my $incident = $c->model('MyApp::Incident')->find({ id => $id }); $incident->config( $c->config ); But that only works in the context of a controller. If instead, we're coming in from a related record, such as an attachment, then $attachment->incident->config won't have any info, and no way to get it. I can see where DBIx::Class::Schema::Config allows pre-configuring credentials to connect to a database, but that's not what we're looking for here. Right now we have the file-path config stored in a global (yecch!) in the Result class, but would much rather have it in myapp.conf somehow... Clue stick welcome. -- -- will trillich -- http://faq.serensoft.com/ "The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions." -- Mike Krzyzewski
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