Re: SQL function from DBIC

[davidrw]

See the "Arbitrary SQL through a custom ResultSource" section in DBIx::Class::Manual::Cookbook

Also, I think (untested, but appears so from grepping distro) that you can do:

  my $dbh = $myobj->db_Main;
  use Data::Dumper;
  print Dumper $dbh->selectall_arrayref( 'select enum_range(typename);
+', {Slice=>{}}, () );

[jasonk]

If you are going to dig in and do something with a database handle directly, the recommended way is:

use Data::Dumper;
$schema->storage->dbh_do( sub {
    my ( $storage, $dbh ) = @_;
    print Dumper $dbh->selectall_arrayref(
        'select enum_range(typename);',
        { slice => {} }
    );
} );

The dbh_do method (documented in DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI) gives you the benefit of things like automatic reconnection to the database if your connection has timed out or the server has been restarted.

Also, db_Main is from Class::DBI, not DBIx::Class, although there is a CDBICompat component that will make the latter work mostly like the former (though in the long run you will be better off by just learning the DBIx::Class way, rather than using CDBICompat).