On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Karen Hoofnagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> I need to perform a whole stack of left outer joins and include data from
> multiple tables in the results.
> I've found the from clause documentation in ResultSet, so I know I can
> force my own join setup if I must, but the docs do point out that this is
> subverting the framework and should only be used after you've exhausted the
> in-framework options.
> Have I just completely missed something in the documentation? How does one
> set up a left outer join within the usual working constraints of
> DBIX::Class?
> Here's hoping someone is going to throw me the URL I'm missing and an
> "RTFM!"
>

Have a look at the "join_type" attribute on relationships.  See the bottom
of:
http://search.cpan.org/~ash/DBIx-Class-0.08010/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship.pm#belongs_to
I've successfully used a join type of "left outer": { join_type => 'left
outer' }

Todd
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Todd Holbrook
Dream Theory Studios
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