@ISA = qw(Exporter);
#export dbdef for now... everything else expects to find it here
-@EXPORT_OK = qw(dbh fields hfields qsearch qsearchs dbdef jsearch);
+@EXPORT_OK = qw(dbh fields hfields qsearch qsearchs dbdef jsearch str2time_sql);
$DEBUG = 0;
$me = '[FS::Record]';
#these are optional...
'select' => '*',
'extra_sql' => 'AND field ',
+ 'order_by' => 'ORDER BY something',
#'cache_obj' => '', #optional
'addl_from' => 'LEFT JOIN othtable USING ( field )',
}
=cut
sub qsearch {
- my($stable, $record, $select, $extra_sql, $cache, $addl_from );
+ my($stable, $record, $select, $extra_sql, $order_by, $cache, $addl_from );
if ( ref($_[0]) ) { #hashref for now, eventually maybe accept a list too
my $opt = shift;
$stable = $opt->{'table'} or die "table name is required";
$record = $opt->{'hashref'} || {};
$select = $opt->{'select'} || '*';
$extra_sql = $opt->{'extra_sql'} || '';
+ $order_by = $opt->{'order_by'} || '';
$cache = $opt->{'cache_obj'} || '';
$addl_from = $opt->{'addl_from'} || '';
} else {
}
$statement .= " $extra_sql" if defined($extra_sql);
+ $statement .= " $order_by" if defined($order_by);
warn "[debug]$me $statement\n" if $DEBUG > 1;
my $sth = $dbh->prepare($statement)
=back
+=head1 SUBROUTINES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item str2time_sql [ DRIVER_NAME ]
+
+Returns a function to convert to unix time based on database type, such as
+"EXTRACT( EPOCH FROM" for Pg or "UNIX_TIMESTAMP(" for mysql. You are
+responsible for the closing parenthesis yourself. Don't let it down. It's a
+sensitive parenthesis.
+
+You can pass an optional driver name such as "Pg", "mysql" or
+$dbh->{Driver}->{Name} to return a function for that database instead of
+the current database.
+
+=cut
+
+sub str2time_sql {
+ my $driver = shift || driver_name;
+
+ return 'UNIX_TIMESTAMP(' if $driver =~ /^mysql/i;
+ return 'EXTRACT( EPOCH FROM ' if $driver =~ /^Pg/i;
+
+ warn "warning: unknown database type $driver; guessing how to convert ".
+ "dates to UNIX timestamps";
+ return 'EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM ';
+
+}
+
+=back
+
=head1 BUGS
This module should probably be renamed, since much of the functionality is