man Alzabo::Create::ColumnDefinition () - Column definition object for schema creation
NAME
Alzabo::Create::ColumnDefinition - Column definition object for schema creation
SYNOPSIS
use Alzabo::Create::ColumnDefinition;
DESCRIPTION
This object holds information on a column that might need to be shared with another column. The reason this class exists is that if a column is a key in two or more tables, then some of the information related to that column should change automatically in multiple places whenever it changes at all. Right now this is only type ('VARCHAR', 'NUMBER', etc) and length/precision information. This object also has an 'owner', which is the column which created it.
INHERITS FROM
CWAlzabo::ColumnDefinition
Note: all relevant documentation from the superclass has been merged into this document.
METHODS
new
This method takes the following parameters:
It returns a new CWAlzabo::Create::ColumnDefinition object.
alter
See the CWAlzabo::Column->alter() method for details.
type
Returns the object's type as a string.
set_type ($string)
Sets the object's type.
Throws: CWAlzabo::Exception::Params, CWAlzabo::Exception::RDBMSRules
length
Returns the length attribute of the column, or undef if there is none.
precision
Returns the precision attribute of the column, or undef if there is none.
set_length
This method takes the following parameters:
Sets the column's length and precision. The precision parameter is optional (though some column types may require it if the length is set).
Throws: CWAlzabo::Exception::Params, CWAlzabo::Exception::RDBMSRules
owner
Returns the CWAlzabo::Create::Column object that owns this definitions (the column that created it).