NAME
   Catalyst::Model::DBI - DBI Model Class

SYNOPSIS
     # use the helper to create a model for example
     perl script/myapp_create.pl model MyModel DBI dsn username password

     # lib/MyApp/Model/DBI.pm
     package MyApp::Model::DBI;

     use base 'Catalyst::Model::DBI';

     __PACKAGE__->config(
       dsn           => 'DBI:Pg:dbname=mydb;host=localhost',
       username      => 'pgsql',
       password      => '',
       options       => { AutoCommit => 1 },
       loglevel      => 1
     );

     1;

     # or load settings from a config file via Config::General for example
     # in your myapp.conf you could have

     name MyApp

     <Model::MyModel>
       dsn "DBI:Pg:dbname=mydb;host=localhost"
       username pgsql
       password ""
       <options>
         AutoCommit 1
       </options>
       loglevel 1
     </Model>

     # note that config settings always override Model settings

     # do something with $dbh inside a controller ...
     my $dbh = $c->model('MyModel')->dbh;

     # do something with $dbh inside a model ...
     my $dbh = $self->dbh;

     #do something with DBIx::Connector connection inside a controller ...
     my $connection = $c->model('MyModel')->connection;

     #do something with DBIx::Connector connection inside a model ...
     my $connection = $self->connection;

DESCRIPTION
   This is the "DBI" model class. It has been rewritten to use
   DBIx::Connector since it's internal code that deals with connection
   maintenance has already been ported into there. You now have two options
   for doing custom models with Catalyst. Either by using this model and
   any related modules as needed or by having your custom model decoupled
   from Catalyst and glued on using Catalyst::Model::Adaptor

   Some general rules are as follows. If you do not wish to use
   DBIx::Connector directly or DBI and setup connections in your custom
   models or have glue models, then use this model. If you however need
   models that can be re-used outside of your application or simply wish to
   maintain connection code yourself outside of the Catalyst, then use
   Catalyst::Model::Adaptor which allows you to glue outside models into
   your Catalyst app.

METHODS
   new Initializes DBI connection

   $self->connection
       Returns the current DBIx::Connector connection handle.

   $self->dbh
       Returns the current database handle.

   $self->connect
       Connects to the database and returns the handle.

SEE ALSO
   Catalyst, DBI, Catalyst::Model::Proxy,
   Catalyst::Model::DBI::SQL::Library

AUTHOR
   Alex Pavlovic, "[email protected]"

COPYRIGHT
   Copyright (c) 2005 - 2012 the Catalyst::Model::DBI "AUTHOR" as listed
   above.

LICENSE
   This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   under the same terms as Perl itself.