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Class::DBI provides a convenient abstraction layer to a database.
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It not only provides a simple database to object mapping layer, but can
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be used to implement several higher order database functions (triggers,
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referential integrity, cascading delete etc.), at the application level,
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rather than at the database.
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This is particularly useful when using a database which doesn't support
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these (such as MySQL), or when you would like your code to be portable
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across multiple databases which might implement these things in
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different ways.
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In short, Class::DBI aims to make it simple to introduce 'best practice'
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when dealing with data stored in a relational database.
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