NAME

Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::DBI - Database interface wrapper

SYNOPSIS

my $obj = $c->plugin('DBI')->method( ... ); # Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::DBI->method()

or

$c->plugin('DBI')->method( ... );

DESCRIPTION

A database independent interface that gives your application universal support across many databases including MySQL, PostGRe, and Oracle. Also supports many common flat file formats.

PREREQUISITES

This package is part of a larger distribution and was NOT intended to be used directly. In order for this plugin to work properly, the following packages must be installed:

      Apache2::WebApp
      Apache::DBI
      DBI
      Params::Validate

INSTALLATION

From source:

      $ tar xfz Apache2-WebApp-Plugin-DBI-0.X.X.tar.gz
      $ perl MakeFile.PL PREFIX=~/path/to/custom/dir LIB=~/path/to/custom/lib
      $ make
      $ make test
      $ make install

Perl one liner using CPAN.pm:

perl -MCPAN -e 'install Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::DBI'

Use of CPAN.pm in interactive mode:

      $ perl -MCPAN -e shell
      cpan> install Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::DBI
      cpan> quit

Just like the manual installation of Perl modules, the user may need root access during this process to insure write permission is allowed within the installation directory.

CONFIGURATION

Unless it already exists, add the following to your projects webapp.conf

      [database]
      driver      = mysql
      host        = localhost
      name        = database
      user        = foo
      password    = bar
      auto_commit = 0

OBJECT METHODS
connect
Make a new database connection.

      my $dbh = $c->plugin('DBH')->connect({
          driver    => 'mysql',
          host      => 'localhost',
          name      => 'database',
          user      => 'bar',
          password  => 'baz',
          commit    => 1 || 0,
        });

      my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FR..");

SEE ALSO

Apache2::WebApp, Apache2::WebApp::Plugin, Apache::DBI, DBI

AUTHOR

Marc S. Brooks, <mbrooks@cpan.org> - <http://mbrooks.info>

COPYRIGHT

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

See <http://dev.perl.org/licenses/artistic.html>