Re: using DBI handles managed elsewhere

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On Apr 1, 2005 2:30 PM, Tony Bowden <tony-cdbitalk@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>... 
> No. This will be the same as connection(). The point was that just
> having something use ContextualFetch doesn't give it all the Class::DBI
> functionality.
> 
> You can use DBIx::ContextualFetch and even Ima::DBI without actually
> using Class::DBI.
> 
> To get the benefit of Class::DBI you need to actually inherit from it.

Did it sound like I tried to dismiss that? If so, I need to fire my
internal editor and hire a new one.

My point was just about the DBI handle, not about Class::DBI itself.
Hopefully it's obvious that you need to subclass Class::DBI to
actually get its functionality and I'm certainly not trying to get
around that -- what would be the point?

Chris

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        Chris Winters (chris.winters@xxxxx.xxx)
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