NAME

DBIx::DBSchema::Index - Index objects

SYNOPSYS

  use DBIx::DBSchema::Index;

  $index = new DBIx::DBSchema::Index (
    {
    }
  );

DESCRIPTION

DBIx::DBSchema::Index objects represent a unique or non-unique database index.

METHODS

new HASHREF | OPTION, VALUE, ...

Creates a new DBIx::DBschema::Index object.

Accepts either a hashref or a list of options and values.

Options are:

name - Index name
using - Optional index method
unique - Boolean indicating whether or not this is a unique index.
columns - List reference of column names (or expressions)

name [ INDEX_NAME ]: Returns or sets the index name.
using [ INDEX_METHOD ]: Returns or sets the optional index method.
unique [ BOOL ]: Returns or sets the unique flag.
columns [ LISTREF ]: Returns or sets the indexed columns (or expressions).
columns_sql: Returns a comma-joined list of columns, suitable for an SQL statement.
sql_create_index TABLENAME: Returns an SQL statment to create this index on the specified table.
cmp OTHER_INDEX_OBJECT: Compares this object to another supplied object. Returns true if they are identical, or false otherwise.
cmp_noname OTHER_INDEX_OBJECT: Compares this object to another supplied object. Returns true if they are identical, disregarding index name, or false otherwise.

AUTHOR

Ivan Kohler <ivan-dbix-dbschema@420.am>

Copyright (c) 2007 Ivan Kohler Copyright (c) 2007 Freeside Internet Services, Inc. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

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