[Catalyst] getting the db connection used by catalyst

[Brandon Black]

On 10/3/06, Daniel McBrearty <danielmcbrearty at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> if you have a (dbix) database, and use it as a model, you generally
> end up doing this :
>
> $c->model-> ....
>
> and the database connection is handled internally.
>
> I now want to write another model which uses the db. It would be
> better to use the existing connection that cat has created, rather
> than create another one.
>
> If I write a new() method for this model, does it have access to the
> context? what is a good way to do this?


What kind of model is your new model, and how will it use/store/whatever the
$dbh?  There are a lot of ways to do what you're talking about in general,
it all depends on what's right for your design.  Be aware that once you take
the raw $dbh from DBIC and start using it yourself, you lose all of its
fancy connection management.

-- Brandon
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