Re: [CDBI] Re: Retrieve only one result from a has_many

> > Did you see this section in the documentation?

On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 06:51:46PM -0500, Matt Adams wrote:
> > Did you see this section in the documentation?
> >
> >    http://search.cpan.org/~tmtm/Class-DBI/lib/Class/DBI.pm#Limiting
> >
> > Assuming dset in the deadline table is unique for a given versioncode,
> > maybe something like this:
> 
> Yes, dset in the deadline table is unique for a given versioncode.
> 
> >
> >    ($specific_deadline) = $object->deadlines(dset => 5);
> 
> Ed,
> 
> Thank you for your suggestions and clarifications.  My apologies for the
> poor examples I provided; I think I was half asleep when I typed the
> e-mail.
> 
> What I am really looking for is to be able to issue something like:
> 
> MyApp::DB::Deadline->has_a( versioncode => 'MyApp::DB::Version' );
> MyApp::DB::Version->has_many( deadlines => 'MyApp::DB::Deadline' );
> 
> And some other cool magic which I'm hoping someone can supply.
> 
> And when I retrieve a record via
> 
> $object = MyApp::DB::Version->retrieve( 23 );
> 
> Be able to get a specific value from the has_many relationship to
> MyApp::DB::Deadline by simply issuing
> 
> my $specific_deadline = $object->deadlines;
> 
> In other words, is it possible to limit the results returned from
> $object->deadlines based on information I supply when I create the CDBI
> relationships?

Why not just add a 'sub specific_deadline' to the class that calls
$self->deadlines with appropriate magic?

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