SQL::Translator::Producer::TTSchema(3pm)		User Contributed Perl Documentation		  SQL::Translator::Producer::TTSchema(3pm)

NAME

       SQL::Translator::Producer::TTSchema -
	   Produces output using the Template Toolkit from a SQL schema

SYNOPSIS

	 use SQL::Translator;
	 my $translator     = SQL::Translator->new(
	     from	    => 'MySQL',
	     filename	    => 'foo_schema.sql',
	     to 	    => 'TTSchema',
	     producer_args  => {
		 ttfile     => 'foo_template.tt',  # Template file to use

		 # Extra template variables
		 ttargs     => {
		     author => "Mr Foo",
		 },

		 # Template config options
		 ttargs     => {
		     INCLUDE_PATH => '/foo/templates',
		 },
	     },
	 );
	 print $translator->translate;

DESCRIPTION

       Produces schema output using a given Template Tookit template.

       It needs one additional producer_arg of "ttfile" which is the file name of the template to use.	This template will be passed a variable
       called "schema", which is the "SQL::Translator::Producer::Schema" object created by the parser. You can then use it to walk the schema via
       the methods documented in that module.

       Here's a brief example of what the template could look like:

	 database: [% schema.database %]
	 tables:
	 [% FOREACH table = schema.get_tables %]
	     [% table.name %]
	     ================
	     [% FOREACH field = table.get_fields %]
		 [% field.name %]   [% field.data_type %]([% field.size %])
	     [% END -%]
	 [% END %]

       See t/data/template/basic.tt for a more complete example.

       The template will also get the set of extra variables given as a hashref via the "tt_vars" producer arg.

       You can set any of the options used to initiallize the Template object by adding a tt_conf producer_arg. See Template Toolkit docs for
       details of the options.	(Note that the old style of passing this config directly in the producer args has been deprecated).

	 $translator	      = SQL::Translator->new(
	     to 	      => 'TT',
	     producer_args    => {
		 ttfile       => 'foo_template.tt',
		 ttargs       => {},
		 tt_conf      = {
		   INCLUDE_PATH => '/foo/templates/tt',
		   INTERPOLATE	=> 1,
		 }
	     },
	 );

       You can use this producer to create any type of text output you like, even using it to create your own versions of what the other producers
       make.  For example, you could create a template that translates the schema into MySQL's syntax, your own HTML documentation, your own
       Class::DBI classes (or some other code) -- the opportunities are limitless!

   Producer Args
       ttfile
	   The template file to generate the output with.

       tt_vars
	   A hash ref of extra variables you want to add to the template.

       tt_conf
	   A hash ref of configuration options to pass to the Template object's constructor.

AUTHOR

       Mark Addison <grommit@users.sourceforge.net>.

TODO

       More template vars? e.g. [% tables %] as a shortcut for [% schema.get_tables %].

SEE ALSO

       SQL::Translator.

perl v5.14.2							    2012-01-18				  SQL::Translator::Producer::TTSchema(3pm)