@ISA = qw(Exporter);
#export dbdef for now... everything else expects to find it here
-@EXPORT_OK = qw(dbh fields hfields qsearch qsearchs dbdef jsearch
- str2time_sql str2time_sql_closing regexp_sql not_regexp_sql );
+@EXPORT_OK = qw(
+ dbh fields hfields qsearch qsearchs dbdef jsearch
+ str2time_sql str2time_sql_closing regexp_sql not_regexp_sql concat_sql
+);
$DEBUG = 0;
$me = '[FS::Record]';
my $sth = dbh->prepare($sql) or die dbh->errstr;
$sth->execute(@_)
or die "Unexpected error executing statement $sql: ". $sth->errstr;
- my $scalar = $sth->fetchrow_arrayref->[0];
+ my $row = $sth->fetchrow_arrayref or return '';
+ my $scalar = $row->[0];
defined($scalar) ? $scalar : '';
}
}
+=item concat_sql [ DRIVER_NAME ] ITEMS_ARRAYREF
+
+Returns the items concatendated based on database type, using "CONCAT()" for
+mysql and " || " for Pg and other databases.
+
+You can pass an optional driver name such as "Pg", "mysql" or
+$dbh->{Driver}->{Name} to return a function for that database instead of
+the current database.
+
+=cut
+
+sub concat_sql {
+ my $driver = ref($_[0]) ? driver_name : shift;
+ my $items = shift;
+
+ if ( $driver =~ /^mysql/i ) {
+ 'CONCAT('. join(',', @$items). ')';
+ } else {
+ join('||', @$items);
+ }
+
+}
+
=back
=head1 BUGS