On 8/12/05, Jonathan Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 12:44:13 -0600, "Jacob Fugal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> said:
> > > > >>> joe = Users.getSome(fname='joe')
> > >
> > > $joe = Users->search(fname => 'joe')->first;
> >
> > Oh, sorry[1], I didn't provide enough context[2]. I'm using the
> > Class::DBI[3] module from CPAN.
> 
> So, basically perl's superior text processing means absolutely nothing
> in the context of pulling objects out of databases.  Thanks for helping
> out; that was the point I was trying to make.

You're right. Perl's superior text processing means about as much as
python's superior list comprehensions when it comes to ease of using a
library[1] to pull data from a database. That was my point.

Jacob Fugal

[1] Once again, you clipped the part of my response that clarified
that your code also depended on a library.
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