Brandon Black wrote: > On 1/2/07, Pedro Melo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Jan 3, 2007, at 2:22 AM, Ivan Wills wrote: >> >> > I am using DBIx::Class in a new Catalyst project which will include >> > some >> > legacy code that uses plain DBI. Is there a way to get the database >> > handle from my schema and pass it on to the legacy code? I could >> > not see >> > how to do this from the docs. >> >> $schema->storage->dbh >> >> See perldoc DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI >> > > But don't store this anywhere long-term or you'll shoot yourself in > the foot. Retrieve it freshly when you need it, use it immediately, > and let it fall out of scope. > > -- Brandon > > _______________________________________________ > List: http://lists.rawmode.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dbix-class > Wiki: http://dbix-class.shadowcatsystems.co.uk/ > IRC: irc.perl.org#dbix-class > SVN: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/bast/trunk/DBIx-Class/ > Searchable Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/dbix-class@lists.rawmode.org/ Why is long-term storage bad? Is refreshing it every request short enough? The DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI docs do not give any details on why long-term storage is bad.
Ivan Wills _______________________________________________ List: http://lists.rawmode.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dbix-class Wiki: http://dbix-class.shadowcatsystems.co.uk/ IRC: irc.perl.org#dbix-class SVN: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/bast/trunk/DBIx-Class/ Searchable Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dbix-class@lists.rawmode.org/
