Re: missing the point about mapping from database to object to external rep

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>>>>> "Perrin" == Perrin Harkins <perrin@xxxx.xxx> writes:

Perrin> You've already eaten your cake, so now you can't have it.  If you tell
Perrin> Class::DBI you're going to be storing Time::Piece objects there, you
Perrin> have to actually give it Time::Piece objects.

Perrin> The simplest thing is to use Time::Piece->strptime() to make them on the
Perrin> fly.  Anything else probably means rolling your own version of has_a().

Well, I have Time::Piece in there only because it looked like the only
way to get those other two triggers.

What I *really* want is:

        call X when you go from user to object
        call Y when you go from object to database
        call Z when you go from database to object

How do I say that?

And, ideally, I'd also like (but I can live without):

        call W when you go from object to user

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