simple example

Here is a simple example. It defines one database named "default":

    dbicx_sugar:
      default:
        dsn: dbi:SQLite:dbname=myapp.db
        schema_class: MyApp::Schema

multiple schemas

In this example, there are 2 databases configured named "default" and "foo":

    dbicx_sugar:
      default:
        dsn: dbi:SQLite:dbname=myapp.db
        schema_class: MyApp::Schema
      foo:
        dsn: dbi:Pg:dbname=foo
        schema_class: Foo::Schema
        user: bob
        password: secret
        options:
          RaiseError: 1
          PrintError: 1

Each database configured must at least have a dsn option. The dsn option should be the DBI driver connection string. All other options are optional.

If you only have one schema configured, or one of them is named "default", you can call "schema" without an argument to get the only or "default" schema, respectively.

If a schema_class option is not provided, then DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader will be used to dynamically load the schema by introspecting the database corresponding to the dsn value. You need DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader installed for this to work.

WARNING: Dynamic loading is not recommended for production environments. It is almost always better to provide a schema_class option.

The schema_class option should be the name of your DBIx::Class::Schema class. See "SCHEMA GENERATION" Optionally, a database configuration may have user, password, and options parameters as described in the documentation for "connect()" in DBI.

connect_info

Alternatively, you may also declare your connection information inside an array named "connect_info":

    dbicx_sugar:
      default:
        schema_class: MyApp::Schema
        connect_info:
          - dbi:Pg:dbname=foo
          - bob
          - secret
          -
            RaiseError: 1
            PrintError: 1

replicated

You can also add database read slaves to your configuration with the "replicated" config option. This will automatically make your read queries go to a slave and your write queries go to the master. Keep in mind that this will require additional dependencies: DBIx::Class::Optional::Dependencies#Storage::Replicated See DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Replicated for more details. Here is an example configuration that adds two read slaves:

    dbicx_sugar:
      default:
        schema_class: MyApp::Schema
        dsn: dbi:Pg:dbname=master
        replicated:
          balancer_type: ::Random     # optional
          balancer_args:              # optional
              auto_validate_every: 5  # optional
              master_read_weight:1    # optional
          # pool_type and pool_args are also allowed and are also optional
          replicants:
            -
              - dbi:Pg:dbname=slave1
              - user1
              - password1
              -
                quote_names: 1
                pg_enable_utf8: 1
            -
              - dbi:Pg:dbname=slave2
              - user2
              - password2
              -
                quote_names: 1
                pg_enable_utf8: 1

alias

Schema aliases allow you to reference the same underlying database by multiple names. For example:

    dbicx_sugar:
      default:
        dsn: dbi:Pg:dbname=master
        schema_class: MyApp::Schema
      slave1:
        alias: default

Now you can access the default schema with "schema()", "schema('default')", or "schema('slave1')". This can come in handy if, for example, you have master/slave replication in your production environment but only a single database in your development environment. You can continue to reference "schema('slave1')" in your code in both environments by simply creating a schema alias in your development.yml config file, as shown above.

schema

    my $user = schema->resultset('User')->find('bob');

Returns a DBIx::Class::Schema object ready for you to use. For performance, schema objects are cached in memory and are lazy loaded the first time they are accessed. If you have configured only one database, then you can simply call "schema" with no arguments. If you have configured multiple databases, you can still call "schema" with no arguments if there is a database named "default" in the configuration. With no argument, the "default" schema is returned. Otherwise, you must provide "schema()" with the name of the database:

    my $user = schema('foo')->resultset('User')->find('bob');

resultset

This is a convenience method that will save you some typing. Use this only when accessing the "default" schema.

    my $user = resultset('User')->find('bob');

is equivalent to:

    my $user = schema->resultset('User')->find('bob');

rset

    my $user = rset('User')->find('bob');

This is simply an alias for "resultset".

get_config

Returns the current configuration, like config does, but does not look for a config file.

Use this for introspection, eg:

    my $dbix_sugar_is_configured = get_config ? 1 : 0 ;

add_schema_to_config

This function does not touch the existing config. It can be used if some other part of your app has configured DBICx::Sugar but did not know about the part that uses an extra schema.

    add_schema_to_config('schema_name', { dsn => ... });