On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Tony Bowden wrote: > On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 11:45:03AM +0000, Matt Sergeant wrote: > > > Do you think Class::DBI currently gets it wrong? For the most part it's > > > database agnostic. I'm only adding this facility as there are now a few > > > subclasses which provide certain database specific functionality ... > > Probably not, but then it doesn't provide access to certain lower-level DB > > stuff like date formats, or optimisation. But then I haven't used > > Class::DBI, so I couldn't say for certain. Does it, for example, support > > outer joins? > > Depends on what you mean by 'support' :) > > Class::DBI doesn't try to do very much for you. It basically provides > a very simple abstraction layer of the "table -> class, row -> object, > column -> method" variety. And then it lets you create, retrieve, > search etc. > > It supports simple relationships, and lets you write the others yourself. > > As you can write any SQL as (inheritable) class data, it will technically > 'support' any construct you want.
Right, so how would I go about writing an application that used Class::DBI that absolutely needed outer joins (say, for example, a bulletin board type application that supported anonymous postings), and I wanted it to work cross platform? -- <!-- Matt --> <:->Get a smart net</:->
