I recently watched Matt's lightning talk: http://yapc.tv/2008/ye/lt/lt1-12-trout-arent-good-enough/
I've got some code I haven't shared with the world, yet, so perhaps it's time. It probably has bugs. :-) So, for your comments, here's DBIx::Class::InflateColumn::FS. (Please suggest a better name.) http://www.questright.com/perl/DBIx-Class-InflateColumn-FS-0.00000_01.tar.gz I created a variation of this module after attempting to use InflateColumn::File and finding it had some design limitations and wasn't appropriate for my project. I wasn't able to figure out how to resolve the design limitations and keep InflateColumn::File backwards compatible. If someone can suggest how that can be done, that may be preferable to adding yet-another-module. InflateColumn::FS uses file system storage for BLOBS rather than storing them in the DB. It inflates columns to Path::Class::File objects. It can deflate from a Path::Class::File or a filehandle. The deflated value, in this implementation, is simply the value 1 (or undef for NULL columns). The file name is derived from a path supplied in column_info, the PK (assumed to be integer in this implementation), and the column name. A derived class is also supplied (InflateColumn::FS::SHA1) which generates the storage file name using an SHA1 hash. This allows the FS columns from multiple tables, to be stored in the same tree rather than requiring a separate tree for each column. If this proves useful enough for inclusion in CPAN, it will be my first CPAN upload. A little mentoring would be appreciated. I'm semifor on IRC, so feel free to shout at me on #dbix-class. -Marc _______________________________________________ List: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dbix-class IRC: irc.perl.org#dbix-class SVN: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/bast/DBIx-Class/ Searchable Archive: http://www.grokbase.com/group/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
