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.IX Title "DBD::Sponge 3"
.TH DBD::Sponge 3 "2015-05-26" "perl v5.16.3" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
DBD::Sponge \- Create a DBI statement handle from Perl data
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 7
\&  my $sponge = DBI\->connect("dbi:Sponge:","","",{ RaiseError => 1 });
\&  my $sth = $sponge\->prepare($statement, {
\&          rows => $data,
\&          NAME => $names,
\&          %attr
\&      }
\&  );
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
DBD::Sponge is useful for making a Perl data structure accessible through a
standard \s-1DBI\s0 statement handle. This may be useful to \s-1DBD\s0 module authors who
need to transform data in this way.
.SH "METHODS"
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\&  my $sponge = DBI\->connect("dbi:Sponge:","","",{ RaiseError => 1 });
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Here's a sample syntax for creating a database handle for the Sponge driver.
No username and password are needed.
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.Vb 6
\&  my $sth = $sponge\->prepare($statement, {
\&          rows => $data,
\&          NAME => $names,
\&          %attr
\&      }
\&  );
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to provide as identity of your data. If you're using DBI::Profile
it will appear in the profile data.
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as if a \f(CW\*(C`select\*(C'\fR statement happened.
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\&\f(CW$data\fR is a reference to the data you are providing, given as an array of arrays.
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\&\f(CW$names\fR is a reference an array of column names for the \f(CW$data\fR you are providing.
The number and order should match the number and ordering of the \f(CW$data\fR columns.
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW%attr\fR is a hash of other standard \s-1DBI\s0 attributes that you might pass to a prepare statement.
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Currently only \s-1NAME, TYPE,\s0 and \s-1PRECISION\s0 are supported.
.SH "BUGS"
.IX Header "BUGS"
Using this module to prepare INSERT-like statements is not currently documented.
.SH "AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT"
.IX Header "AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT"
This module is Copyright (c) 2003 Tim Bunce
.PP
Documentation initially written by Mark Stosberg
.PP
The DBD::Sponge module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. In particular permission
is granted to Tim Bunce for distributing this as a part of the \s-1DBI.\s0
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\s-1DBI\s0