Re: Essential columns defaults to All?

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Maurice Aubrey wrote:
>
> The POD says:
> 
> ~  Essential are the minimal set of columns needed to load and use
> ~  the object. Only the columns in this group will be loaded when an
> ~  object is retrieve()d. It is typically used to save memory on a class
> ~  that has a lot of columns but where we mostly only use a few of them.
> ~  It will automatically be set to All if you dont set it yourself.
> ~  The Primary column is always part of your Essential group and
> ~  Class::DBI will put it there if you dont.
> 
> So if I don't set the Essential group explicitly, it should default
> to All columns. But in testing that, it looks like it defaults to
> the Primary group instead:

That was changed in version 0.92.  I guess the docs need an update.

Stuart Johnston