DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader customization

Question

We have a MyISAM DB (don't ask me why we don't switch to InnoDB, it is not controlled by me).

Now I want DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader to create relationships for *ID columns adding s to get table names. For example, Order.SeanceID should relate table Order with table Seances .

Can DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader be hacked to do this? Or is it better to write my own Loader?

Answer 1

Don't worry about "hacking" DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader to handle this. Just generate the classes and then add the relationships manually.

Every class that you generate with DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader will contain text at the bottom that looks like this:

# Created by DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader v0.07043 @ 2018-07-09 09:56:55
# DO NOT MODIFY THIS OR ANYTHING ABOVE! md5sum:6//4n3Crnz9U/q6GZ0Fwtg

# You can replace this text with custom code or comments, and it will be preserved on regeneration

As the last comment says, anything that you insert in the file beneath this text will be preserved if you regenerate the class. So you can safely add the relationship information to this section of the file manually and know that it will still be there the next time you regenerate the class.

Don't forget that you'll need to add both sides of the relationship - for example a has_many relationship in a parent table and the reciprocal belongs_to relationship in the associated child table.