DataSource::Driver(3)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				     DataSource::Driver(3)

NAME

       DBIx::DataSource::Driver - Driver Writer's Guide and base class

SYNOPSIS

	 perldoc DBIx::DataSource::Driver;

	 or

	 package DBIx::DataSource::FooBase;
	 use DBIx::DataSource::Driver;
	 @ISA = qw( DBIx::DataSource::Driver );

DESCRIPTION

       To implement a driver for your database:

       1) If you can create a database with an SQL command through DBI/DBD, simply
	  provide a parse_dsn class method which returns a list consisting of the
	  *actual* data source to use in DBI->connect and the SQL.

	      package DBIx::DataSource::NewDatabase;
	      use DBIx::DataSource::Driver;
	      @ISA = qw( DBIx::DataSource::Driver );

	      sub parse_dsn {
		my( $class, $action, $dsn ) = @_;

		# $action is `create' or `drop'
		# for example, if you parse parse $dsn for $database,
		# $sql = "$action $database";

		# you can die on errors - it'll be caught

		( $new_dsn, $sql );
	      }

       2) Otherwise, you'll need to write create_database and drop_database
	  class methods.

	      package DBIx::DataSource::NewDatabase;

	      sub create_database {
		my( $class, $dsn, $user, $pass ) = @_;

		# for success, return true
		# for failure, die (it'll be caught)
	      }

	      sub drop_database {
		my( $class, $dsn, $user, $pass ) = @_;

		# for success, return true
		# for failure, die (it'll be caught)
	      }

AUTHOR

       Ivan Kohler <ivan-dbix-datasource@420.am>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2000 Ivan Kohler Copyright (c) 2000 Mail Abuse Prevention System LLC All rights reserved.	This program is free software; you
       can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

BUGS

SEE ALSO

       DBIx::DataSource, DBIx::DataSource::mysql, DBIx::DataSource::Pg, DBI

perl v5.8.0							    2000-09-25						     DataSource::Driver(3)