Re: Class::DBI::Oracle vs Class::DBI::Loader

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Johan Lindstrom wrote:
> Does anyone know how Class::DBI::Oracle and Class::DBI::Loader relate to 
> each other? Are they connected at all? Do the complement each other?
> 
> My base CDBI class inherits from
> use base qw/ Class::DBI::Oracle /;
> 
> In a CDBI class for a table I inherit from the base class and do:
> __PACKAGE__->set_up_table('op_operator');
> 
> This works fine, but I don't get auto-detection of has_many 
> relationships from foreign keys in the schema.
> 
> Can I get that functionality from CDBI::Oracle? Can I switch to 
> CDBI::Loader and still have my module files for each table class? (I 
> have other methods and properties in some of the classes).
> 
> 
> /J
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Loader doesn't work with Oracle, last I looked, I think it only works 
with postgresql and mysql.  I've thought about doing all that 
autodetection stuff in a class::dbi::loader::oracle but have never 
gotten around to it.

Jay