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DBIx::Class::DynamicDefault(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation DBIx::Class::DynamicDefault(3)

DBIx::Class::DynamicDefault - Automatically set and update fields

  package My::Schema::SomeTable;

  __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/DynamicDefault ... Core/);

  __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
          quux          => { data_type => 'integer' },
          quux_plus_one => { data_type => 'integer',
                             dynamic_default_on_create => \&quux_plus_one_default,
                             dynamic_default_on_update => 'quux_plus_one_default', },
          last_changed  => { data_type => 'integer',
                             dynamic_default_on_create => 'now',
                             dynamic_default_on_update => 'now, },
  );

  sub quux_plus_one_default {
      my ($self) = @_;
      return $self->quux + 1;
  }

  sub now {
      return DateTime->now->epoch;
  }

Now, any update or create actions will set the specified columns to the value returned by the callback you specified as a method name or code reference.

Automatically set and update fields with values calculated at runtime.

  dynamic_default_on_create => sub { ... }

  dynamic_default_on_create => 'method_name'

When inserting a new row all columns with the "dynamic_default_on_create" option will be set to the return value of the specified callback unless the columns value has been explicitly set. The callback, that'll be invoked with the row object as its only argument, may be a code reference or a method name.

  dynamic_default_on_update => sub { ... }

  dynamic_default_on_update => 'method_name'

When updating a row all columns with the "dynamic_default_on_update" option will be set to the return value of the specified callback unless the columns value has been explicitly set.

Columns will only be altered if other dirty columns exist. See "always_update" on how to change this.

  always_update => 1

When setting "always_update" to 1 "dynamic_default_on_update" callbacks will always be invoked, even if no other columns are dirty.

Florian Ragwitz <rafl@debian.org>

This software is copyright (c) 2008 by Florian Ragwitz.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as perl itself.

2012-04-14 perl v5.32.1

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