'';
}
+=item ut_alpha_lower COLUMN
+
+Check/untaint lowercase alphanumeric strings (no spaces). May not be null. If
+there is an error, returns the error, otherwise returns false.
+
+=cut
+
+sub ut_alpha_lower {
+ my($self,$field)=@_;
+ $self->getfield($field) =~ /[[:upper:]]/
+ and return "Uppercase characters are not permitted in $field";
+ $self->ut_alpha($field);
+}
+
=item ut_phonen COLUMN [ COUNTRY ]
Check/untaint phone numbers. May be null. If there is an error, returns
=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.
+"EXTRACT( EPOCH FROM" for Pg or "UNIX_TIMESTAMP(" for mysql. See
+the str2time_sql_closing method to return a closing string rather than just
+using a closing parenthesis as previously suggested.
You can pass an optional driver name such as "Pg", "mysql" or
$dbh->{Driver}->{Name} to return a function for that database instead of
}
+=item str2time_sql_closing [ DRIVER_NAME ]
+
+Returns the closing suffix of a function to convert to unix time based on
+database type, such as ")::integer" for Pg or ")" for mysql.
+
+You can pass an optional driver name such as "Pg", "mysql" or
+$dbh->{Driver}->{Name} to return a function for that database instead of
+the current database.
+
+=cut
+
+sub str2time_sql_closing {
+ my $driver = shift || driver_name;
+
+ return ' )::INTEGER ' if $driver =~ /^Pg/i;
+ return ' ) ';
+}
+
=back
=head1 BUGS