debian man page for class::dbi::asform

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Class::DBI::AsForm(3pm) 				User Contributed Perl Documentation				   Class::DBI::AsForm(3pm)

NAME
Class::DBI::AsForm - Produce HTML form elements for database columns
SYNOPSIS
package Music::CD; use Class::DBI::AsForm; use base 'Class::DBI'; use CGI; ... sub create_or_edit { my $class = shift; my %cgi_field = $class->to_cgi; return start_form, (map { "<b>$_</b>: ". $cgi_field{$_}->as_HTML." <br>" } $class->Columns), end_form; } # <form method="post"...> # Title: <input type="text" name="Title" /> <br> # Artist: <select name="Artist"> # <option value=1>Grateful Dead</option> # ... # </select> # ... # </form>
DESCRIPTION
This module helps to generate HTML forms for creating new database rows or editing existing rows. It maps column names in a database table to HTML form elements which fit the schema. Large text fields are turned into textareas, and fields with a has-a relationship to other "Class::DBI" tables are turned into select drop-downs populated with objects from the joined class.
METHODS
The module is a mix-in which adds two additional methods to your "Class::DBI"-derived class. to_cgi This returns a hash mapping all the column names of the class to HTML::Element objects representing form widgets. to_field($field [, $how]) This maps an individual column to a form element. The "how" argument can be used to force the field type into one of "textfield", "textarea" or "select"; you can use this is you want to avoid the automatic detection of has-a relationships.
CHANGES
Version 1.x of this module returned raw HTML instead of "HTML::Element" objects, which made it harder to manipulate the HTML before sending it out. If you depend on the old behaviour, set $Class::DBI::AsForm::OLD_STYLE to a true value.
MAINTAINER
Tony Bowden
ORIGINAL AUTHOR
Simon Cozens BUGS and QUERIES Please direct all correspondence regarding this module to: bug-Class-DBI-AsForm@rt.cpan.org
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2003-2004 by Simon Cozens / Tony Bowden This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
SEE ALSO
Class::DBI, Class::DBI::FromCGI, HTML::Element. perl v5.10.1 2005-09-06 Class::DBI::AsForm(3pm)
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