NAME
    Catalyst::Model::DBI - DBI Model Class

SYNOPSIS
      # use the helper to create a model for example
      perl script/myapp_create.pl model MyModel DBI dsn username password

      # lib/MyApp/Model/DBI.pm
      package MyApp::Model::DBI;

      use base 'Catalyst::Model::DBI';

      __PACKAGE__->config(
        dsn           => 'DBI:Pg:dbname=mydb;host=localhost',
        username      => 'pgsql',
        password      => '',
        options       => { AutoCommit => 1 },
      );

      1;

      # or load settings from a config file via Config::General for example
      # in your myapp.conf you could have

      name MyApp

      <Model::MyModel>
        dsn "DBI:Pg:dbname=mydb;host=localhost"
        username pgsql
        password ""
        <options>
          AutoCommit 1
        </options>
      </Model>

      # note that config settings always override Model settings

      # do something with $dbh inside a controller ...
      my $dbh = $c->model('MyModel')->dbh;

      # do something with $dbh inside a model ...
      my $dbh = $self->dbh;

DESCRIPTION
    This is the "DBI" model class.

METHODS
    new Initializes DBI connection

    $self->dbh
        Returns the current database handle.

    $self->stay_connected
        Returns a connected database handle.

    $self->connected
        Returns true if the database handle is active and pingable.

    $self->connect
        Connects to the database and returns the handle.

    $self->disconnect
        Executes rollback if AutoCommit is active, disconnects and unsets
        the database handle.

SEE ALSO
    Catalyst, DBI

AUTHOR
    Alex Pavlovic, "alex.pavlovic@taskforce-1.com"

COPYRIGHT
    Copyright (c) 2005 - 2012 the Catalyst::Model::DBI "AUTHOR" as listed
    above.

LICENSE
    This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself.

