Re: [CDBI] Many-to-Many - why no CDBI::Relationship?
Matt S Trout <dbix-class-uY5y5/[email protected]>
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Ryan Tate wrote: > On 8/22/06, Matt S Trout <dbix-class-uY5y5/[email protected]> wrote: >> you'll run into all sorts of nasty corner cases and places where you >> have to >> fight the underlying code > > All I want is the exact same many-to-many functionality CDBI provides > now, but with JOINs, so I don't have to keep going back to the > database to fully populate the objects. This would cover a great many > cases. > > For now I'm going to check out HasManyOrdered the next time I need this... You'll find there's a Big Obvious Comment in the source to by HasManyToMany crediting HasManyOrdered; it was basically a "derive, cleanup, dump features I don't need and add a couple of bits and pieces I do" job. I'd suggest having a poke at both, and if you decide my version *does* merit being on CPAN I'd be happy to help with any cleanup and packaging work required. -- Matt S Trout Offering custom development, consultancy and support Technical Director contracts for Catalyst, DBIx::Class and BAST. Contact Shadowcat Systems Ltd. mst (at) shadowcatsystems.co.uk for more information + Help us build a better perl ORM: http://dbix-class.shadowcatsystems.co.uk/ +