Re: [CDBI] Class::DBI Has Many Error

> Hi everyone!

On 16 Nov 2005, at 13:49, Jay Hargreaves wrote:

> Hi everyone!
>
> So I have written a small database application using Class::DBI and  
> I have a table of Links and a table of LinkCategories. Each Link  
> has a LinkCategory and thus each LinkCategory has many Links. I  
> have written an admin interface so I can create new Links and  
> LinkCategories as I wish. All works as expected on my PC.
>
> However, I have now uploaded the code to my laptop and it does not  
> work on there! My laptop is using the latest Class::DBI version  
> available on CPAN - my PC is using version 0.95!! If I replace the  
> DBI.pm file on my laptop with the one on my PC everything works fine!
>
> So that's the background - here is the error message:
>
> Can't use an undefined value as a HASH reference at C:/Perl/site/ 
> lib/Class/DBI/Relationship/HasMany.pm line 51. Compilation failed  
> in require at c:\httpd\bowdonrufc\cgi-bin/BowdonRUFC/Admin.pm line  
> 104.

I'm not sure you have got the latest cdbi there: the Relationship/ 
HasMany.pm in v3.0.12 has no line 51. Or have you changed that file?

You're getting that particular error because at some point you're  
passing a third argument to has_many that isn't a hashref. I can't  
begin to see why that is, but from looking over the code I suspect  
it's to do with calling class methods as normal functions at some point.

will

ps. I have to say, your code is full of ingenuity, but it scares the  
hell out of me.

   require File::Spec->catfile(split /::/, "$module.pm")

is particularly startling, and

   my $columns = eval ( '$' . $module . '::columns' );

suggests that more OOP study is needed. If you were thinking in terms  
of classes and methods it would just be:

   my @columns = $module->all_columns;

and ${$variable} is always a big red flag. there's a lovely MJD rant  
about this somewhere. hold on. ah. not really the same thing, but:  
http://perl.plover.com/varvarname.html

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