Iterator::DBI - An iterator for returning DBI query results.
This documentation describes version 0.02 of Iterator::DBI, August 23, 2005.
use Iterator::DBI;
# Iterate over a database SELECT query. # (returns one hash reference per row). $iter = idb_rows ($dbh, $sql); $iter = idb_rows ($dbh, $sql, @bind);
This module contains a function to return an iterator (see the the Iterator manpage module) that returns the rows of a database query, one at a time.
This is marginally more useful than simply calling prepare and execute, and then repeatedly calling fetchrow_hashref; since this one function bundles up the calls to all three of those DBI methods.
But the real usefulness of this interface is that it can be chained together with other Iterator functions. The idb_rows iterator has the same interface as any other interface, making it interchangeable with iterators of any other source (for example, files), and usable with the iterator manipulation functions in the the Iterator::Util manpage module.
$it = idb_rows ($dbh, $sql); $it = idb_rows ($dbh, $sql, @bind);
Returns an iterator to return rows from a database query. Each row is
returned as a hashref, as from fetchrow_hashref|DBI/fetchrow_hashref
from the DBI module.
If the query requires bind variables, they may be passed in @bind.
Example:
$dbh = DBI->connect (...); $iter = idb_rows ($dbh, 'select foo, bar from quux'); $row_ref = $iter->value;
The following symbol is exported to the caller's namespace:
idb_rows
Iterator::DBI uses the Exception::Class manpage objects for throwing exceptions.
If you're not familiar with Exception::Class, don't worry; these
exception objects work just like $@ does with die and croak,
but they are easier to work with if you are trapping errors.
You can learn more about Iterator exceptions in the Iterator module documentation.
Class: Iterator::X::Parameter_Error
You called idb_rows with one or more bad parameters. Since this is almost certainly a coding error, there is probably not much use in handling this sort of exception.
As a string, this exception provides a human-readable message about what the problem was.
String: "idb_rows cannot prepare sql: message"
The DBI prepare method returned an error.
String: "idb_rows cannot execute sql: message"
The DBI execute method returned an error.
String: "idb_rows: fetch error: message"
The DBI fetchrow_hashref method returned an error.
Requires the following additional modules:
Higher Order Perl, Mark Jason Dominus, Morgan Kauffman 2005.
The the Iterator manpage module.
The the DBI manpage module.
Eric J. Roode, roode@cpan.org
Copyright (c) 2005 by Eric J. Roode. All Rights Reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
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