DBIx-Class-Schema-PopulateMore

This is a DBIC::Schema component and stand alone class that is an enhanced
version of the builtin method "$schema->populate".  What it does is make it
easier when you are doing a first time setup and need to insert a bunch of
rows, like the first time you deploy a new database, or after you update it.

It's not as full featured as L<DBIx::Class::Fixtures> but is targeted more
directly at making it easier to just take a prewritten perl structure --or one
loaded from a configuration file-- and setup your database.

Most of us using L<DBIx::CLass> have written a version of this at one time or
another.  What is special to this component is the fact that unlike the normal
populate method you can insert to multiple result_sources in one go.  While
doing this, we index the created rows so as to make it easy to reference them
in relationships. I did this because I think it's very ugly to have to type in
all the primary keys by hand, particularly if your PK is multi column, or is
using some lengthy format such as uuid.  Also, we can embed macro like commands
in the row values to do inflation for us.  For example, any value starting with
"!Index:" will substitute it's value for that of the relating fields in the
named row.

Please see the pod for L<DBIx::Class::Schema::PopulateMore> for additional details and
examples.  Also you can see the tests which provide a detailed example.

INSTALLATION

To install this module, run the following commands:

       perl Makefile.PL
       make
       make test
       make install

SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION

After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the
perldoc command.

   perldoc DBIx::Class::Schema::PopulateMore

You can also look for information at:

   RT, CPAN's request tracker
       http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=DBIx-Class-Schema-PopulateMore

   AnnoCPAN, Annotated CPAN documentation
       http://annocpan.org/dist/DBIx-Class-Schema-PopulateMore

   CPAN Ratings
       http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/DBIx-Class-Schema-PopulateMore

   Search CPAN
       http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBIx-Class-Schema-PopulateMore


COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (C) 2008 John Napiorkowski

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