Re: search always returns an iterator

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On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 07:58:34PM -0400, Dana Hudes wrote:
> Despite calling the search method in a list context I always get an 
> iterator back. I don't want this, its inefficient and annoying: I expect 
> no more than perhaps 2 or 3 records and usually only the one. 
> 
> @foo = Data::Foo->search(%bar);
> 
> and you only get the one element in @foo which is an object of 
> Class::DBI::Iterator .

Something's going wrong there because CDBI is supposed to return all the
objects in list context.

Are you sure you're not doing something like overriding search()?


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