Re: using find_or_create in add_to_

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On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 15:28 +0000, Dave Howorth wrote:
> Now I've come across a case where I want to use add_to_*, like 
> $obj->add_to_a_related_table({ some => values })
> 
> Now C-DBI-R-HasMany::_method_add_to calls create() so that's not what I 
> want. Has anybody got a neat way of dealing with this situation?

I'd say just write your own.  Here's an untested sketch:

sub add_or_associate_to_cds {
    my ($self, $data) = @_;

    my $cd = Music::CD->find_or_create( $data );
    $cd->artist( $self->id() );
    $cd->update();
};

- Perrin