Re: [CDBI] Aggregate functions in Sweet?

> I've become dependent (read lazy) on CDBI::Sweet. But, now I need to

Bill Moseley wrote:
> I've become dependent (read lazy) on CDBI::Sweet.  But, now I need to
> use an aggregate function.

I don't know specifically about ::Sweet, but CDBI has always been about
mapping an object to a specific row. When using aggregate functions
there is no corresponding row in the result set.

> For example, I have a table "class" which is a class taught at some
> "location", and locations have_a "region" like "North" or "South".
> 
>     my $region = $class->location->region;
>     print $region->name;
> 
> So, now I want to have a list of regions, and show how many classes
> are available in each region.  A reasonable need.

Completely reasonable, but not CDBI is not the right tool for that kind
of job. Any kind of reporting or aggregation is best done with straight
SQL/DBI. I sometimes like to include this methods in my data classes
that are CDBI based, but you might want to separate them.

        -- 
        Michael Peters
Developer
Plus Three, LP

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