On 1/19/04 7:13 PM, Tim Bunce wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 11:19:04PM +0000, Tim Bunce wrote:
>> When I said "But I do think a "column type system" is needed to
>> provide the hooks that'll enable you to do what you want" I'm
>> thinking in terms of some way to say "use this code ref by default
>> for all fields with a TYPE value of SQL_DATE, for example.
>
> Just to flesh that out a little more... something like:
>
> # Override types for which you don't want the default of SQL_VARCHAR
> $dbh->{BindColumnTypes} = {
> SQL_DATE => SQL_DATE,
> SQL_DATETIME => { TYPE => SQL_DATETIME, OnFetch => \&my_inflate_thingy },
> }
What about the other direction, allowing arbitrary code
(\&my_deflate_thingie) to run during calls like:
$sth->execute($val1, $val2, ...);
-John
