NAME

NAME
DBIx::DBO2::Docs::ReadMe - Getting Started with DBIx::DBO2

SYNOPSIS
package MyRecord;
use DBIx::DBO2::Record '-isasubclass';
my $sql_engine = DBIx::SQLEngine->new( $dsn, $user, $pass );

MyRecord->table(
DBIx::DBO2::Table->new(name=>'myrecords', datasource=>$sql_engine)
);

package main;
my $results = MyRecord->fetch_all;
foreach my $record ( $results->records ) {
if ( $record->{age} > 20 ) {
$record->{status} = 'adult';
$record->save_row;
}
}

DESCRIPTION
DBIx::DBO2 is an object-relational mapping framework that facilitates
the development of Perl classes whose objects are stored in a SQL
database table.

INSTALLING
You should be able to install this module using the CPAN shell
interface:

perl -MCPAN -e 'install DBIx::DBO2'

If this module has not yet been posted to your local CPAN mirror, you
may also retrieve the current distribution from the below address and
follow the normal "gunzip", "tar xf", "cd", "perl Makefile.PL && make
test && sudo make install" procedure or your local equivalent:

http://www.evoscript.org/DBIx-DBO2/

Getting Started

You may want to take a look at the test.pl and test-lib/ classes
included with this distribution for a short example of how to use this
framework to create your own classes.

Prerequisites

Requires DBIx::SQLEngine and Class::MakeMethods, both available on CPAN.

Tested Platforms

This release has been tested succesfully on the following platforms:

5.6.1 on darwin
5.005_03 on i386-freebsd

VERSION
This is version 0.006 of DBIx::DBO2.

Distribution Summary

This module's summary in the CPAN DSLIP is intended to read:

Name DSLIP Description
-------------- ----- ---------------------------------------------
DBIx::
::DBO2 bdpOp Objects mapping to SQL relational structures

Beta Release

Although it based on earlier code that was extensively tested over
several years of production use, this code has recently been majorly
refactored, and has not yet been sufficiently tested in its new form.

Discussion and Support

There is not currently any offical discussion and support forum for this
pacakage.

Further information and support for this module is available at
http://www.evoscript.org.

If you have questions or feedback about this module, please feel free to
contact the author at the below address.

I would be particularly interested in any suggestions towards improving
the documentation, correcting any Perl-version or platform dependencies,
as well as general feedback and suggestions.

SEE ALSO
See the DBIx::DBO2::Record manpage, the DBIx::DBO2::Fields manpage, the
DBIx::DBO2::Table manpage, and the DBIx::DBO2::TableSet manpage for key
interfaces within this framework.

See the DBIx::SQLEngine manpage for information about the underlying
database interface.

See the DBIx::DBO2::Comparison manpage for a a review of where this
framework fits into the spectrum of numerous other modules on CPAN that
provide alternative systems to map objects to and from SQL databases,
including the Class::DBI manpage, the Alzabo manpage, and the Tangram
manpage.

CREDITS AND COPYRIGHT
Author

Developed by Matthew Simon Cavalletto at Evolution Softworks.

You may contact the author directly at "[email protected]" or
"[email protected]". More free Perl software is available at
"www.evoscript.org".

Contributors

Many thanks to the kind people who have contributed code and other
feedback:

Eric Schneider, Evolution Online Systems
E. J. Evans, Evolution Online Systems
Matthew Sheahan, Evolution Online Systems
Eduardo Iturrate, Evolution Online Systems

Copyright

Copyright 2002, 2003, 2004 Matthew Cavalletto.

Portions copyright 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Evolution Online
Systems, Inc.

License

You may use, modify, and distribute this software under the same terms
as Perl.