Re: [CDBI] Multiple records

> I have come across a tricky problem and would like advice for how to

Kate Yoak wrote:
> I have come across a tricky problem and would like advice for how to
> handle it best.
> Let's suppose I have a Bucket which has_many Water::Drop's.  Now, it's a
> really large bucket, and we may be able to put thousands of drops in it
> (or we might just put one). 
>  
> It would be nice to be able to store them all at once.  One-at-a-time
> method might be just a tad slow. 

Are you worried primarily about all the objects being created or the
number of calls to the database that make it slow?

> OK, so we make a create_many method in the parent class.  Unlike the
> regular create() method it does not return any objects - it's for
> writing to the database and nothing else.  Presumably, there is no need
> to generate thousands of objects at once - they can be retrieved later. 
> There is a design problem with this approach: data validation routines
> are not being called.  Triggers are not either.  A lot of implied
> functionality breaks (some that I am probably not aware of).

Calling all of those triggers and constraint methods is going to a 'tad
slow' too.

> I can certainly look at the code for Class::DBI::create() and make sure
> I do everything that's necessary.  But before I plunge ahead, has anyone
> a) encountered this situation before 

Nope, sorry
b) thought of a clever way to solve it

Are you getting a lot of data from some trusted source? Do you really
need constraints and triggers? If you do, I assume you could call them
yourself, using the subs you give to C::DBI and just iterate over the
data. If it's a large set, you might even consider using some bulk
loading facility that your RDBMS provides (like LOAD DATA INFILE in MySQL).

> c) decided it's the wrong way to think about it d) has general advice.

Class::DBI is all about object-to-row mapping. If you encounter a
situation where that gets in the way, or becomes too inefficient (when
compared to straight SQL/DBI) then I'd suggest you just use DBI
(accessed through db_Main() if you keep the same connection and use it
in your data classes).

        -- 
        Michael Peters
Developer
Plus Three, LP

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