Re: DBI and DBD::mysql pseudohash results set?
Dan Bolser <[email protected]>
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On Sat, 18 Sep 2004, Dan Bolser wrote: >On Sat, 18 Sep 2004, Jochen Wiedmann wrote: > >>Dan Bolser wrote: >> >>>I was thinking about loading the rows of a $sth results set into a >>>pseudohash so that the columns could be accessed by either the column name >>>or the column index. >>> >>> >>You are of course free to do so. But what is it good for? DBI already >>offers one or the other, on your choice, and I cannot remember a case >>where I need both at the same time. Besides, you always have the DBI >>metadata methods. > > >You are right, it should never be strictly necessary. However, I am >thinking about a convenience function such as 'doQuery' (exported by my >MySQL::Simple perl module). > >In general (I think) it is convenient to only remember one function call >'doQuery', and have a very flexible results set returned. > >In this way the user can hack together an sql report in a very short >amount of time. > >I will have to look into the metadata methods, as I am totally ignorant of >this feature. Doh! Not thinking that day. > >Thanks for your help. > >Anybody know about the future stability of the pseudohash? > >Cheers, >Dan. > > >> >> >>Jochen >> >> >> > > -- MySQL Perl Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/perl To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[email protected]