[Dbix-class] single table inheritence

[Matt S Trout]

On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 11:21:39AM +0100, Richard Jolly wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I need to set up single table inheritence, where row objects are
> reblessed into a subclass based on the contents of column.
> 
> I think, in Class::DBI terms, I'd do this with a select trigger to
> rebless the objects.
> 
> I don't see a select trigger in DBIx::Class, but it looks like the
> constructor at DBIx::Class::Row::new would be the right place.

Yes, definitely. I threw up some prototype code a while back that worked
like that, although inevitably I now can't find it.

If you can think of a good general interface for this I'd be very much
interested; RFCs to the list welcome, with or without code.

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