This module implements an OO-interface to database schemas. Using
this module, you can create a database schema with an OO Perl
interface. You can read the schema from an existing database.
You can save the schema to disk and restore it from different
process. Most importantly, DBIx::DBSchema can write SQL CREATE
statements for different databases from a single source.
Currently supported databases are MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle and
Sybase. DBIx::DBSchema will attempt to use generic SQL syntax for
other databases. Assistance adding support for other databases is
welcomed.
This module helps abstract the process of working with complex
schemas of relational SQL database tables. As with DBI, it lets
you work with data a row at a time, but gives you the extra ability
to, with a single method call, reach across and grab rows of related
data from tables located elsewhere in your database, without having
to construct an SQL join clause yourself. The 'distance' from the
originating table to the related one can be arbitrarily long, so
long as they are related in some way -- i.e., could both return
data through a single (though perhaps quite lengthy) SQL query.
