[Catalyst] Problems using DBIx with update_or_create()

[Alex Kavanagh]

At Sat, 25 Feb 2006 10:16:04 -0700,
Nathan Kurz wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 07:01:07PM +0000, Matt S Trout wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 10:22:11AM -0700, Nathan Kurz wrote:
> > > I'm having a small problem using Catalyst and the
> > > DBIx method update_or_create().  My code looks like this:
> > > 
> > >     my $user = Notate::Model::DB::User->update_or_create({
> > >        email => $email,
> > >        password => md5_hex($password),
> > >     });
> > > 
> > > When I run it, I get an exception that the object method
> > > 'update_or_create' could not be found.  When I use 'create()',
> > > everything works as expected.  I think this is just a small problem
> > > with ResultSetProxy.pm missing some functions.  Or am I doing
> > > something fundamentally wrong?
> > 
> > No, that's almost certainly the case. ResultSetProxy is designed to support
> > old usage until people convert over to the Schema approach. If you're still
> > using DB.pm you should be able to get at the schema object my calling
> > 
> > One::Of::My::Classes->schema_instance
> 
> Thanks!  So for a new usage, I should be using DBIC::Schema instead of
> DBIC?

Yes, I think so.  It is the way that DBIx::Class is going.

>  I hadn't known I was using an outdated approach, and certainly
> did not intend to.  I went through the tutorial in the manual
> (supplemented with looking at the Parley as an example), and used what
> it gave me as a place to start from.  From what I can tell, the
> tutorial (otherwise excellent) makes no mention of the new usage.

This framework is changing so rapidly that the docs don't keep up.
The only way I know what is going on is to keep an eye on this mailing
list.

> 
> Do I still want to be using Authentication::Store::DBIC, or is there a
> corresponding Authentication::Store::DBIC::Schema that should be used
> instead?  Or is DBIC:Schema compatible with DBIC once it's set up?  

C::P::Authentication::Store::DBIC is compatible with Class::DBI, plain
DBIx::Class and DBIx::Class::Schema but only in the svn Trunk.  I
don't think that it has made it into a release yet (i.e. its 0.04 on
CPAN and 0.05 on svn trunk and only 0.05 has the DBIx::Class::Schema
support).

> 
> And is there a canonical Catalyst DBIC::Schema example I should
> follow?

Not that I know of.  Anyone?

Cheers
Alex.

> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Nathan Kurz
> nate at verse.com
> 
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