DBIx::Simple::Comparison(3)

NAME
DBIx::Simple::Comparison - DBIx::Simple in DBI jargon

DESCRIPTION
This is just a simple and inaccurate overview of what DBI things the DBIx::Simple things represent, or the other way around.

This document can be useful to find the foo equivalent of bar.

"?" means that DBI doesn't have an equivalent or that I couldn't find one.

"=" means that DBIx::Simple provides a direct wrapper to the DBI function.

"~" means that DBIx::Simple's method does more or less the same, but usually in a more high level way: context sensitive, combining things, automatically taking care of something.

Note that DBIx::Simple is a wrapper around DBI. It is not "better" than DBI. In fact, DBIx::Simple cannot work without DBI.

Using DBI directly is always faster than using DBIx::Simple's equivalents. (For the computer, that is. For you, DBIx::Simple is supposed to be faster.)

  Classes, common names
 use DBI       ~  use DBIx::Simple

 $DBI::errstr  =  DBIx::Simple->error

 DBI::db       ~  DBIx::Simple
 $dbh          ~  $db
 $dbh->errstr  =  $db->error

 connect       ~  connect
 connect       ~  new

 DBI::st       ~  DBIx::Simple::Result
 <undef>       ~  DBIx::Simple::Dummy
 $sth          ~  $result

  Queries
DBI

 my $sth = $dbh->prepare_cached($query);
 $sth->execute(@values);

~ DBIx::Simple

 my $result = $db->query($query, $values);

  Results
 DBI                          DBIx::Simple

 bind_columns              ~  bind

 fetchrow_arrayref/fetch   =  fetch
 fetchrow_array            ~  list
 *1                        ~  flat
 [@{fetchrow_arrayref}]    =  array
 fetchall_arrayref         ~  arrays
 fetchrow_hashref() *2*3   =  hash
 fetchall_arrayref({}) *4  ~  hashes

 fetchall_hashref *2       =  map_hashes
 ?                         ?  map_arrays
 fetchall_hashref(1) *2    =  map

 $sth->{NAME_lc/NAME}      =  $result->columns

*1 There's no fetch variant, but you can do "{ @{ $dbh->selectcol_arrayref('SELECT ...', { Slice => [] }) } }".

*2 To receive the keys (column names) lowercased, use "$db->{FetchHashKeyName} = 'NAME_lc'". DBIx::Simple lower cases them by default.

*3 Or supply an argument, 'NAME_lc'.

*4 No, arrayref isn't a typo. When supplied an empty hash reference, DBI's fetchall_arrayref actually returns hashrefs. This DBI method does not support lower casing of keys, DBIx::Simple does.

  Direct access
 DBI                 DBIx::Simple

 $dbh             =  $db->dbh
 $sth->{$foo}     =  $result->attr($foo)

 func             =  func

 begin_work       =  begin_work
 commit           =  commit
 rollback         =  rollback
 last_insert_id   =  last_insert_id
 rows             =  rows

 disconnect       ~  disconnect
 finish           ~  finish

  DBIx::Simple specific (?)
 keep_statements
 lc_columns
 iquery (via SQL::Interp)
 select, insert, update, delete (via SQL::Abstract)
 abstract (via SQL::Abstract)
 flat
 hashes
 map_arrays
 map

LICENSE
There is no license. This software was released into the public domain. Do with it what you want, but on your own risk. The author disclaims any responsibility.

AUTHOR
Juerd Waalboer <juerd@cpan.org> <http://juerd.nl/>

SEE ALSO
DBI, DBIx::Simple