NAME
DBIx::Class::Row - Basic row methods
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
This class is responsible for defining and doing basic operations on rows derived from DBIx::Class::ResultSource objects.
Row objects are returned from DBIx::Class::ResultSets using the create, find, next and all methods, as well as invocations of 'single' ( belongs_to, has_one or might_have) relationship accessors of DBIx::Class::Row objects.
METHODS
new
my $row = My::Class->new(\%attrs);
my $row = $schema->resultset('MySource')->new(\%colsandvalues);While you can create a new row object by calling new directly on this class, you are better off calling it on a DBIx::Class::ResultSet object.
When calling it directly, you will not get a complete, usable row object until you pass or set the source_handle attribute, to a DBIx::Class::ResultSource instance that is attached to a DBIx::Class::Schema with a valid connection.
$attrs is a hashref of column name, value data. It can also contain some other attributes such as the source_handle.
Passing an object, or an arrayref of objects as a value will call "set_from_related" in DBIx::Class::Relationship::Base for you. When passed a hashref or an arrayref of hashrefs as the value, these will be turned into objects via new_related, and treated as if you had passed objects.
For a more involved explanation, see "create" in DBIx::Class::ResultSet.
Please note that if a value is not passed to new, no value will be sent in the SQL INSERT call, and the column will therefore assume whatever default value was specified in your database. While DBIC will retrieve the value of autoincrement columns, it will never make an explicit database trip to retrieve default values assigned by the RDBMS. You can explicitly request that all values be fetched back from the database by calling "discard_changes", or you can supply an explicit undef to columns with NULL as the default, and save yourself a SELECT.
CAVEAT:
The behavior described above will backfire if you use a foreign key column
with a database-defined default. If you call the relationship accessor on
an object that doesn't have a set value for the FK column, DBIC will throw
an exception, as it has no way of knowing the PK of the related object (if
there is one).insert
$row->insert;Inserts an object previously created by "new" into the database if it isn't already in there. Returns the object itself. Requires the object's result source to be set, or the class to have a result_source_instance method. To insert an entirely new row into the database, use create (see "create" in DBIx::Class::ResultSet).
To fetch an uninserted row object, call new on a resultset.
This will also insert any uninserted, related objects held inside this one, see "create" in DBIx::Class::ResultSet for more details.
in_storage
$row->in_storage; # Get value
$row->in_storage(1); # Set valueIndicates whether the object exists as a row in the database or not. This is set to true when "find" in DBIx::Class::ResultSet, "create" in DBIx::Class::ResultSet or "insert" in DBIx::Class::ResultSet are used.
Creating a row object using "new" in DBIx::Class::ResultSet, or calling "delete" on one, sets it to false.
update
$row->update(\%columns?)Throws an exception if the row object is not yet in the database, according to "in_storage".
This method issues an SQL UPDATE query to commit any changes to the object to the database if required.
Also takes an optional hashref of column_name => value> pairs to update on the object first. Be aware that the hashref will be passed to set_inflated_columns, which might edit it in place, so don't rely on it being the same after a call to update. If you need to preserve the hashref, it is sufficient to pass a shallow copy to update, e.g. ( { %{ $href } } )
If the values passed or any of the column values set on the object contain scalar references, e.g.:
$row->last_modified(\'NOW()');
# OR
$row->update({ last_modified => \'NOW()' });The update will pass the values verbatim into SQL. (See SQL::Abstract docs). The values in your Row object will NOT change as a result of the update call, if you want the object to be updated with the actual values from the database, call "discard_changes" after the update.
$row->update()->discard_changes();To determine before calling this method, which column values have changed and will be updated, call "get_dirty_columns".
To check if any columns will be updated, call "is_changed".
To force a column to be updated, call "make_column_dirty" before this method.
delete
$row->deleteThrows an exception if the object is not in the database according to "in_storage". Runs an SQL DELETE statement using the primary key values to locate the row.
The object is still perfectly usable, but "in_storage" will now return 0 and the object must be reinserted using "insert" before it can be used to "update" the row again.
If you delete an object in a class with a has_many relationship, an attempt is made to delete all the related objects as well. To turn this behaviour off, pass cascade_delete => 0 in the $attr hashref of the relationship, see DBIx::Class::Relationship. Any database-level cascade or restrict will take precedence over a DBIx-Class-based cascading delete, since DBIx-Class deletes the main row first and only then attempts to delete any remaining related rows.
If you delete an object within a txn_do() (see "txn_do" in DBIx::Class::Storage) and the transaction subsequently fails, the row object will remain marked as not being in storage. If you know for a fact that the object is still in storage (i.e. by inspecting the cause of the transaction's failure), you can use $obj->in_storage(1) to restore consistency between the object and the database. This would allow a subsequent $obj->delete to work as expected.
See also "delete" in DBIx::Class::ResultSet.
get_column
my $val = $row->get_column($col);Throws an exception if the column name given doesn't exist according to "has_column".
Returns a raw column value from the row object, if it has already been fetched from the database or set by an accessor.
If an inflated value has been set, it will be deflated and returned.
Note that if you used the columns or the select/as search attributes on the resultset from which $row was derived, and did not include $columnname in the list, this method will return undef even if the database contains some value.
To retrieve all loaded column values as a hash, use "get_columns".
has_column_loaded
if ( $row->has_column_loaded($col) ) {
print "$col has been loaded from db";
}Returns a true value if the column value has been loaded from the database (or set locally).
get_columns
my %data = $row->get_columns;Returns all loaded column data as a hash, containing raw values. To get just one value for a particular column, use "get_column".
See "get_inflated_columns" to get the inflated values.
get_dirty_columns
my %data = $row->get_dirty_columns;Only returns the column, value pairs for those columns that have been changed on this object since the last "update" or "insert" call.
See "get_columns" to fetch all column/value pairs.
make_column_dirty
$row->make_column_dirty($col)Throws an exception if the column does not exist.
Marks a column as having been changed regardless of whether it has really changed.
get_inflated_columns
my %inflated_data = $obj->get_inflated_columns;Returns a hash of all column keys and associated values. Values for any columns set to use inflation will be inflated and returns as objects.
See "get_columns" to get the uninflated values.
See DBIx::Class::InflateColumn for how to setup inflation.
set_column
$row->set_column($col => $val);Sets a raw column value. If the new value is different from the old one, the column is marked as dirty for when you next call "update".
If passed an object or reference as a value, this method will happily attempt to store it, and a later "insert" or "update" will try and stringify/numify as appropriate. To set an object to be deflated instead, see "set_inflated_columns".
set_columns
$row->set_columns({ $col => $val, ... });Sets multiple column, raw value pairs at once.
Works as "set_column".
set_inflated_columns
$row->set_inflated_columns({ $col => $val, $relname => $obj, ... });Sets more than one column value at once. Any inflated values are deflated and the raw values stored.
Any related values passed as Row objects, using the relation name as a key, are reduced to the appropriate foreign key values and stored. If instead of related row objects, a hashref of column, value data is passed, will create the related object first then store.
Will even accept arrayrefs of data as a value to a "has_many" in DBIx::Class::Relationship key, and create the related objects if necessary.
Be aware that the input hashref might be edited in place, so don't rely on it being the same after a call to set_inflated_columns. If you need to preserve the hashref, it is sufficient to pass a shallow copy to set_inflated_columns, e.g. ( { %{ $href } } )
See also "set_from_related" in DBIx::Class::Relationship::Base.
copy
my $copy = $orig->copy({ change => $to, ... });Inserts a new row into the database, as a copy of the original object. If a hashref of replacement data is supplied, these will take precedence over data in the original. Also any columns which have the column info attribute is_auto_increment => 1 are explicitly removed before the copy, so that the database can insert its own autoincremented values into the new object.
Relationships will be followed by the copy procedure only if the relationship specifies a true value for its cascade_copy attribute. cascade_copy is set by default on has_many relationships and unset on all others.
store_column
$row->store_column($col => $val);Set a raw value for a column without marking it as changed. This method is used internally by "set_column" which you should probably be using.
This is the lowest level at which data is set on a row object, extend this method to catch all data setting methods.
inflate_result
Class->inflate_result($result_source, \%me, \%prefetch?)All DBIx::Class::ResultSet methods that retrieve data from the database and turn it into row objects call this method.
Extend this method in your Result classes to hook into this process, for example to rebless the result into a different class.
Reblessing can also be done more easily by setting result_class in your Result class. See "result_class" in DBIx::Class::ResultSource.
Different types of results can also be created from a particular DBIx::Class::ResultSet, see "result_class" in DBIx::Class::ResultSet.
update_or_insert
$row->update_or_insert"Update"s the object if it's already in the database, according to "in_storage", else "insert"s it.
insert_or_update
$obj->insert_or_updateAlias for "update_or_insert"
is_changed
my @changed_col_names = $row->is_changed();
if ($row->is_changed()) { ... }In list context returns a list of columns with uncommited changes, or in scalar context returns a true value if there are uncommitted changes.
is_column_changed
if ($row->is_column_changed('col')) { ... }Returns a true value if the column has uncommitted changes.
result_source
my $resultsource = $row->result_source;Accessor to the DBIx::Class::ResultSource this object was created from.
register_column
$column_info = { .... };
$class->register_column($column_name, $column_info);Registers a column on the class. If the column_info has an 'accessor' key, creates an accessor named after the value if defined; if there is no such key, creates an accessor with the same name as the column
The column_info attributes are described in "add_columns" in DBIx::Class::ResultSource
get_from_storage
my $copy = $row->get_from_storage($attrs)Fetches a fresh copy of the Row object from the database and returns it.
If passed the \%attrs argument, will first apply these attributes to the resultset used to find the row.
This copy can then be used to compare to an existing row object, to determine if any changes have been made in the database since it was created.
To just update your Row object with any latest changes from the database, use "discard_changes" instead.
The \%attrs argument should be compatible with "ATTRIBUTES" in DBIx::Class::ResultSet.
discard_changes ($attrs)
Re-selects the row from the database, losing any changes that had been made.
This method can also be used to refresh from storage, retrieving any changes made since the row was last read from storage.
$attrs is expected to be a hashref of attributes suitable for passing as the second argument to $resultset->search($cond, $attrs);
throw_exception
See "throw_exception" in DBIx::Class::Schema.
id
my @pk = $row->id;Returns the primary key(s) for a row. Can't be called as a class method. Actually implemented in DBIx::Class::PK
discard_changes
$row->discard_changesRetrieves and sets the row object data from the database, losing any local changes made.
This method can also be used to refresh from storage, retrieving any changes made since the row was last read from storage. Actually implemented in DBIx::Class::PK
Note: If you are using DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Replicated as your storage, please kept in mind that if you "discard_changes" on a row that you just updated or created, you should wrap the entire bit inside a transaction. Otherwise you run the risk that you insert or update to the master database but read from a replicant database that has not yet been updated from the master. This will result in unexpected results.
AUTHORS
Matt S. Trout <mst@shadowcatsystems.co.uk>
LICENSE
You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.