[Maypole] has_a display name

Simon Cozens simon@simon-cozens.org
Thu, 3 Jun 2004 23:08:33 +0100


Jesse Sheidlower:
> package SFBooksDB::Author;
> #other stuff...
> 
> sub stringify_self { 
>     my $self = shift;
>     return join " ", $self->firstname, $self->secondname, $self->surname;
> }

This is correct; however, if it's just a simple column, you can use
Class::DBI's ordinary columns( Stringify => ... ) mechanism.
Maypole::Model::CDBI will look for columns called name, title or any primary
column not called "id" in the absence of another stringify column.

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