Re: quick retrieval help

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> >  
> >
> Most probably you're talking about:
> 
> my @interfaces = map NAC::Interface->construct($_), 
> $sth_int_down->fetchall_hash;
> foreach (@interfaces) {
>     print $_->id
> }
> 

I have never understood this construct method and have been wanting too for a
while. Can someone tell me if this is a accurate undertanding?

construct takes a hash and turns it into an object. You execute a sql statement
to retrieve the data efficiently-- joins and all that -- so that several
queries are not executed to create the objects as happens typically when an
object has_a and has_many things. So something like the above example can be
much faster than a simple retrieve_all. 

Is that on target?

thanks.

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pjs

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