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.IX Title "DBD::File::HowTo 3"
.TH DBD::File::HowTo 3 "2013-04-05" "perl v5.16.3" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
DBD::File::HowTo \- Guide to create DBD::File based driver
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 12
\& perldoc DBD::File::HowTo
\& perldoc DBI
\& perldoc DBI::DBD
\& perldoc DBD::File::Developers
\& perldoc DBI::DBD::SqlEngine::Developers
\& perldoc DBI::DBD::SqlEngine
\& perldoc SQL::Eval
\& perldoc DBI::DBD::SqlEngine::HowTo
\& perldoc SQL::Statement::Embed
\& perldoc DBD::File
\& perldoc DBD::File::HowTo
\& perldoc DBD::File::Developers
.Ve
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
This document provides a step-by-step guide, how to create a new
\&\f(CW\*(C`DBD::File\*(C'\fR based \s-1DBD.\s0 It expects that you carefully read the \s-1DBI\s0
documentation and that you're familiar with \s-1DBI::DBD\s0 and had read and
understood DBD::ExampleP.
.PP
This document addresses experienced developers who are really sure that
they need to invest time when writing a new \s-1DBI\s0 Driver. Writing a \s-1DBI\s0
Driver is neither a weekend project nor an easy job for hobby coders
after work. Expect one or two man-month of time for the first start.
.PP
Those who are still reading, should be able to sing the rules of
\&\*(L"\s-1CREATING A NEW DRIVER\*(R"\s0 in \s-1DBI::DBD\s0.
.PP
Of course, DBD::File is a DBI::DBD::SqlEngine and you surely read
DBI::DBD::SqlEngine::HowTo before continuing here.
.SH "CREATING DRIVER CLASSES"
.IX Header "CREATING DRIVER CLASSES"
Do you have an entry in \s-1DBI\s0's \s-1DBD\s0 registry? For this guide, a prefix of
\&\f(CW\*(C`foo_\*(C'\fR is assumed.
.SS "Sample Skeleton"
.IX Subsection "Sample Skeleton"
.Vb 1
\& package DBD::Foo;
\&
\& use strict;
\& use warnings;
\& use vars qw(@ISA $VERSION);
\& use base qw(DBD::File);
\&
\& use DBI ();
\&
\& $VERSION = "0.001";
\&
\& package DBD::Foo::dr;
\&
\& use vars qw(@ISA $imp_data_size);
\&
\& @ISA = qw(DBD::File::dr);
\& $imp_data_size = 0;
\&
\& package DBD::Foo::db;
\&
\& use vars qw(@ISA $imp_data_size);
\&
\& @ISA = qw(DBD::File::db);
\& $imp_data_size = 0;
\&
\& package DBD::Foo::st;
\&
\& use vars qw(@ISA $imp_data_size);
\&
\& @ISA = qw(DBD::File::st);
\& $imp_data_size = 0;
\&
\& package DBD::Foo::Statement;
\&
\& use vars qw(@ISA);
\&
\& @ISA = qw(DBD::File::Statement);
\&
\& package DBD::Foo::Table;
\&
\& use vars qw(@ISA);
\&
\& @ISA = qw(DBD::File::Table);
\&
\& 1;
.Ve
.PP
Tiny, eh? And all you have now is a \s-1DBD\s0 named foo which will is able to
deal with temporary tables, as long as you use SQL::Statement. In
DBI::SQL::Nano environments, this \s-1DBD\s0 can do nothing.
.SS "Start over"
.IX Subsection "Start over"
Based on DBI::DBD::SqlEngine::HowTo, we're now having a driver which
could do basic things. Of course, it should now derive from DBD::File
instead of DBI::DBD::SqlEngine, shouldn't it?
.PP
DBD::File extends DBI::DBD::SqlEngine to deal with any kind of files.
In principle, the only extensions required are to the table class:
.PP
.Vb 1
\& package DBD::Foo::Table;
\&
\& sub bootstrap_table_meta
\& {
\& my ( $self, $dbh, $meta, $table ) = @_;
\&
\& # initialize all $meta attributes which might be relevant for
\& # file2table
\&
\& return $self\->SUPER::bootstrap_table_meta($dbh, $meta, $table);
\& }
\&
\& sub init_table_meta
\& {
\& my ( $self, $dbh, $meta, $table ) = @_;
\&
\& # called after $meta contains the results from file2table
\& # initialize all missing $meta attributes
\&
\& $self\->SUPER::init_table_meta( $dbh, $meta, $table );
\& }
.Ve
.PP
In case \f(CW\*(C`DBD::File::Table::open_file\*(C'\fR doesn't open the files as the driver
needs that, override it!
.PP
.Vb 7
\& sub open_file
\& {
\& my ( $self, $meta, $attrs, $flags ) = @_;
\& # ensure that $meta\->{f_dontopen} is set
\& $self\->SUPER::open_file( $meta, $attrs, $flags );
\& # now do what ever needs to be done
\& }
.Ve
.PP
Combined with the methods implemented using the SQL::Statement::Embed
guide, the table is full working and you could try a start over.
.SS "User comfort"
.IX Subsection "User comfort"
\&\f(CW\*(C`DBD::File\*(C'\fR since \f(CW0.39\fR consolidates all persistent meta data of a table
into a single structure stored in \f(CW\*(C`$dbh\->{f_meta}\*(C'\fR. With \f(CW\*(C`DBD::File\*(C'\fR
version \f(CW0.41\fR and \f(CW\*(C`DBI::DBD::SqlEngine\*(C'\fR version \f(CW0.05\fR, this
consolidation moves to DBI::DBD::SqlEngine. It's still the
\&\f(CW\*(C`$dbh\->{$drv_prefix . "_meta"}\*(C'\fR attribute which cares, so what you
learned at this place before, is still valid.
.PP
.Vb 3
\& sub init_valid_attributes
\& {
\& my $dbh = $_[0];
\&
\& $dbh\->SUPER::init_valid_attributes ();
\&
\& $dbh\->{foo_valid_attrs} = { ... };
\& $dbh\->{foo_readonly_attrs} = { ... };
\&
\& $dbh\->{foo_meta} = "foo_tables";
\&
\& return $dbh;
\& }
.Ve
.PP
See updates at \*(L"User comfort\*(R" in DBI::DBD::SqlEngine::HowTo.
.SS "Testing"
.IX Subsection "Testing"
Now you should have your own DBD::File based driver. Was easy, wasn't it?
But does it work well? Prove it by writing tests and remember to use
dbd_edit_mm_attribs from \s-1DBI::DBD\s0 to ensure testing even rare cases.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
This guide is written by Jens Rehsack. DBD::File is written by Jochen
Wiedmann and Jeff Zucker.
.PP
The module DBD::File is currently maintained by
.PP
H.Merijn Brand < h.m.brand at xs4all.nl > and
Jens Rehsack < rehsack at googlemail.com >
.SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
Copyright (C) 2010 by H.Merijn Brand & Jens Rehsack
.PP
All rights reserved.
.PP
You may freely distribute and/or modify this module under the terms of
either the \s-1GNU\s0 General Public License (\s-1GPL\s0) or the Artistic License, as
specified in the Perl \s-1README\s0 file.
@KyuuKazami