Re: Pass in a DBI Object?

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I'd be very interested in this, please let me know what you come up with.

Brian

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:20:10 +0100, Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 08:33:32AM +0100, Tony Bowden wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 09:04:34PM +0100, Tim Bunce wrote:
>> > I wish Class::DBI didn't require DBIx::ContextFetch but allowed it to
>> > be optional. Wouldn't be too hard to implement if you give me the nod  
>> :)
>>
>> How would you go about this?
>
> Basically by having Class::DBI simply call the normal DBI methods and
> handling the context sensitivity directly. The code required is tiny.
>
> I wouldn't replicate the taint behaviour of DBIx::ContextualFetch because
> a) few users need it and those that do can simply use  
> DBIx::ContextualFetch.
> b) DBI v2 will probably do the same thing by default anyway.
>
> Avoiding DBIx::ContextFetch would make it much easier for people
> to use their own $dbh. It will also make it simpler to use other
> DBI subclasses, including the DbTypeSubclass mechanism (ala  
> DBIx::AnyDBD).
>
> Tim.
>
> p.s. It'll also make Class::DBI faster, but I know that doesn't count :)
>
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