DBD::Sponge(3pm)

NAME

DBD::Sponge - Create a DBI statement handle from Perl data

SYNOPSIS

my $sponge = DBI->connect("dbi:Sponge:","","",{ RaiseError => 1 });
my $sth = $sponge->prepare($statement, {
        rows => $data,
        NAME => $names,
        %attr
    }
);

DESCRIPTION

DBD::Sponge is useful for making a Perl data structure accessible
through a standard DBI statement handle. This may be useful to DBD
module authors who need to transform data in this way.

METHODS

connect()

my $sponge = DBI->connect("dbi:Sponge:","","",{ RaiseError => 1 });

Here's a sample syntax for creating a database handle for the Sponge
driver. No username and password are needed.

prepare()

my $sth = $sponge->prepare($statement, {

rows => $data,
NAME => $names,
%attr

}

);

o The $statement here is an arbitrary statement or name you want to

provide as identity of your data. If you're using DBI::Profile it
will appear in the profile data.

Generally it's expected that you are preparing a statement handle
as if a "select" statement happened.

o $data is a reference to the data you are providing, given as an

array of arrays.

o $names is a reference an array of column names for the $data you

are providing. The number and order should match the number and
ordering of the $data columns.

o %attr is a hash of other standard DBI attributes that you might

pass to a prepare statement.

Currently only NAME, TYPE, and PRECISION are supported.

BUGS

Using this module to prepare INSERT-like statements is not currently
documented.

AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT

This module is Copyright (c) 2003 Tim Bunce

Documentation initially written by Mark Stosberg

The DBD::Sponge module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. In particular permission is granted to Tim Bunce for distributing this as a part of the DBI.

SEE ALSO

DBI

perl v5.10.1 2007-09-26 DBD::Sponge(3pm)