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<TITLE>FS::dbdef - Database objects</TITLE>
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	<LI><A HREF="#NAME">NAME</A>
	<LI><A HREF="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</A>
	<LI><A HREF="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</A>
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	<LI><A HREF="#BUGS">BUGS</A>
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<H1><A NAME="NAME">NAME</A></H1>
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FS::dbdef - Database objects

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<H1><A NAME="SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</A></H1>
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<PRE>  use FS::dbdef;
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<PRE>  $dbdef = new FS::dbdef (@dbdef_table_objects);
  $dbdef = load FS::dbdef &quot;filename&quot;;
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<PRE>  $dbdef-&gt;save(&quot;filename&quot;);
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<PRE>  $dbdef-&gt;addtable($dbdef_table_object);
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<PRE>  @table_names = $dbdef-&gt;tables;
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<PRE>  $FS_dbdef_table_object = $dbdef-&gt;table;
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<H1><A NAME="DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</A></H1>
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FS::dbdef objects are collections of FS::dbdef_table objects and represnt a
database (a collection of tables).

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<H1><A NAME="METHODS">METHODS</A></H1>
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<DT><STRONG><A NAME="item_new">new TABLE, TABLE, ...</A></STRONG><DD>
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Creates a new FS::dbdef object

<DT><STRONG><A NAME="item_load">load FILENAME</A></STRONG><DD>
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Loads an FS::dbdef object from a file.

<DT><STRONG><A NAME="item_save">save FILENAME</A></STRONG><DD>
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Saves an FS::dbdef object to a file.

<DT><STRONG><A NAME="item_addtable">addtable TABLE</A></STRONG><DD>
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Adds this FS::dbdef_table object.

<DT><STRONG><A NAME="item_tables">tables</A></STRONG><DD>
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Returns the names of all tables.

<DT><STRONG><A NAME="item_table">table TABLENAME</A></STRONG><DD>
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Returns the named FS::dbdef_table object.

<H1><A NAME="BUGS">BUGS</A></H1>
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Each FS::dbdef object should have a name which corresponds to its name
within the SQL database engine.

<H1><A NAME="SEE_ALSO">SEE ALSO</A></H1>
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<A HREF="../FS/dbdef_table.html">FS::dbdef_table</A>, <A HREF="../FS/Record.html">FS::Record</A>,

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