[Dbix-class] inflate_column and sql_maker->quote_char/name_sep

[Matt S Trout]

On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 08:17:33PM +0100, Bernhard Graf wrote:
> Matt S Trout wrote:
> 
> > > use base 'DBIx::Class::Schema';
> > > __PACKAGE__->load_classes;
> > > __PACKAGE__->storage->sql_maker->quote_char('`');
> > > __PACKAGE__->storage->sql_maker->name_sep('.');
> > >
> > > ?
> > >
> > > This gives me:
> > >
> > > Can't call method "sql_maker" on an undefined value at
> > > TDW/Schema.pm line 10. Compilation failed in require at app.pl line
> > > 6.
> > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at app.pl line 6.
> >
> > Ah. Storage isn't initialised unril you call connect/connection, as
> > noted in the DBIx::Class::Schema docs. Should have mentioned that,
> > sorry.
> 
> I'm really confused now.
> What do you mean with "isn't initialised"? Undefined?
> 
> Does that mean, that in my application code I have to call
> my $schema = CLASS->connect()
> first and then
> $schema->storage->sql_maker->quote_char('`');
> $schema->storage->sql_maker->name_sep('.');

Right.
 
> What about $schema->storage->on_connect_do() then?
> Looks like a hen-egg problem...

->connect connects the schema to the storage object. The storage object
doesn't spawn a dbh until it needs one.

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