Re: Problem with empty has_a

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>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Klausner <domm@xxx.xx> writes:

Thomas> Here's what I'm trying to do:

Thomas> - I have a bunch of events.
Thomas> - I have another bunch of publications.
Thomas> - A publication might be releated to a single event (e.g. a paper of a
Thomas>   presentation given at an event).
Thomas> - An event might have several publications releated to it.
Thomas> - Provide links between both events and publications.

Thomas> My initial plan was:

Thomas> My::Publication->has_a(event=>'My::Event');
Thomas> My::Event->has_many(publications=>'My::Publications'=>'event');

Thomas> This worked, but every publication had an empty event (as in my original
Thomas> posting)

Well, this should permit event => undef as well as event => $some_event.
Are you sure you had an "empty" event, and just an undef?

The underlying table permits NULLs there, right?

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