@ISA = qw(DBI) no worky part II

[Randal L. Schwartz]

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>>>>> "Chuck" == Chuck Phillips <chuckphillips at mac.com> writes:

Chuck> I'm trying to write a package that inherits from DBI, but am missing
Chuck> something.

You missed reading how to subclass DBI in DBI::DBD - 

SUBCLASSING DBI DRIVERS
       This is definitely an open subject. It can be done, as
       demonstrated by the DBD::File driver, but it is not as
       simple as one might think.

       (Note that this topic is different from subclassing the
       DBI. For an example of that, see the t/subclass.t file
       supplied with the DBI.)

And thus you should look at t/subclass.t for a working example.

The problem is that the object returned by Foo->connect
is not a Foo, but a Foo::db.  And statement handles are Foo::st.
So you added your methods to the wrong classes.  You need:

package Foo; use base qw(DBI); sub additional_constructor { ... }
package Foo::db; use base qw(DBI::db); sub additional_dbh_method { ... }
package Foo::st; use base qw(DBI::st); sub additional_sth_method { ... }

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