Re: inflating columns to objects

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Drew Taylor wrote:
> Ahhh... stringification. By default CDBI uses the primary key(s) when
> stringified, but that is configurable.
> 
> # the easy way
> Widget->columns(Stringify => qw/your_col/);
> 
> # the more powerful way
> sub stringify_self {
>   my $self = shift;
>   return join ":", $self->id, $self->name;
> }

Well this is how to set up how a table reference is presented, and I do 
use that where appropriate, but that's not what we're talking about. The 
problem is getting my desired representation of a particular column on a 
particular page.

To do get a particular representation of a column, I've overloaded the 
stringification operator with a method of your choice (display, in my 
case). See the code I posted for how to do it. That works on Maypole's 
list page but doesn't work when processed by AsForm for Maypole's edit page.

Cheers, Dave