On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Ilya Soldatkin wrote:
> I am creating an object that make queries to database. But how shall I
> explain to him what database handler he shall use?
> Under mod_perl it is too dangerous to make $dbh global variable.
> Well, I can create data field in this object that will store current $dbh,
> but it seems too strange too me to have such data field in object:
>
> $person={
> name=>'Jack',
> age=10,
> ...,
> $dbh=>...
> }
>
> $dbh have no relation to information about Jack.
> Is there any better solution?
This really has little to do with mod_perl, more about object design. You
should get yourself a book about OO design. Or you can use a Singleton
(see Class::Singleton on CPAN, or write your own Singleton module - its
only about 10 lines of code).
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