brett gardner wrote:
> Is there anyway in DBIx::Class to set in the table class object the
> fields you want the results to be sorted by by default. eg
>
> __PACKAGE__->table('foo');
> __PACKAGE__->add_columns(qw/foo_id foo bar/);
> __PACKAGE__->sort_column('bar');
__PACKAGE__->resultset_attributes({ order_by => 'me.bar' });
is probably going to work for simple cases.
>
> Or do you have to manually set the order_by field statement everywhere
> you try and retrieve these items?
>
> Also, is there an ability to have named groups of columns similar to
> Class::DBI? eg
>
> __PACKAGE__->add_column_group('menu'=>qw/foo bar/);
>
> This would be useful for a default handler to display a menu of items. I
> have actually implemented this myself but I don't think I did it in a
> very smart or efficient way.
I'm not sure I see what needs implementing.
sub menu_columns { qw/foo bar/ };
...
$obj->menu_columns
:)
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