NAME

FabForce::DBDesigner4::Table

VERSION

version 0.31

DBDesigner4::Table

Each table is an object which contains information about the columns, the relations and the keys.

Methods of the table-objects

name

# set the tablename
$table->name('tablename');
# get the tablename
my $name = $table->name();

columns

# set the tablecolumns
my @array = ({'column1' => ['int','not null']});
$table->columns(\@array);

# get the columns
print $_,"\n" for($table->columns());

columnType

# get datatype of n-th column (i.e. 3rd column)
my $datatype = $table->columnType(3);

columnInfo

# get info about n-th column (i.e. 4th column)
print Dumper($table->columnInfo(4));

stringsToTableCols

# maps column information to hash (needed for columns())
my @columns = ('col1 varchar(255) primary key', 'col2 int not null');
my @array   = $table->stringsToTableCols(@columns);

addColumn

# add the tablecolumn
my $column = ['column1','int','not null'];
$table->addColumn($column);

relations

# set relations
my @relations = ([1,'startTable.startCol','targetTable.targetCol']);
$table->relations(\@relations);
# get relations
print $_,"\n" for($table->relations());

addRelation

$table->addRelation([1,'startTable.startCol','targetTable.targetCol']);

removeRelation

# removes a relation (i.e. 2nd relation)
$table->removeRelation(2);

key

# set the primary key
$table->key(['prim1']);
# get the primary key
print "the primary key contains these columns:\n";
print $_,"\n" for($table->key());

attribute

changeRelation

coords

new

tableIndex

column_names

my @names = $table->column_names
print $_,"\n" for @names;

get_foreign_keys

my %foreign_keys = $table->get_foreign_keys;
use Data::Dumper;
print Dumper \%foreign_keys;

AUTHOR

Renee Baecker, <module@renee-baecker.de>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2005 - 2009 by Renee Baecker

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License version 2.0.

AUTHOR

Renee Baecker <module@renee-baecker.de>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2010 by Renee Baecker.

This is free software, licensed under:

The Artistic License 2.0