NAME

       POE::Component::DBIAgent::Helper - DBI Query Helper for DBIAgent

SYNOPSYS

        use Socket qw/:crlf/;
        use POE qw/Filter::Line Wheel::Run Component::DBIAgent::Helper/;

        sub _start {
            my $helper = POE::Wheel::Run ->new(
                    Program     => sub {
                        POE::Component::DBIAgent::Helper->run($self->{dsn},
                                                              $self->{queries}
                                                             );
                    },
                    StdoutEvent => 'db_reply',
                    StderrEvent => 'remote_stderr',
                    ErrorEvent  => 'error',
                    StdinFilter => POE::Filter::Line->new(),
                    StdoutFilter => POE::Filter::Line->new( Literal => CRLF),
                    StderrFilter => POE::Filter::Line->new(),
                   )
             or carp "Can't create new DBIAgent::Helper: $!\n";

        }

        sub query {
             my ($self, $query, $package, $state, @rest) = @_;

             $self->{helper}->put(join '|', $query, $package, $state, @rest);
        }

        sub db_reply {
           my ($kernel, $self, $heap, $input) = @_[KERNEL, OBJECT, HEAP, ARG0];

           # $input is either the string 'EOF' or a Storable object.

        }

DESCRIPTION

       This is our helper routine for DBIAgent.  It accepts queries on STDIN, and returns the
       results on STDOUT.  Queries are returned on a row-by-row basis, followed by a row
       consisting of the string 'EOF'.

       Each row is the return value of $sth->fetch, which is an arrayref.  This row is then
       passed to Storable for transport, and printed to STDOUT.  HOWEVER, Storable uses newlines
       ("\n") in its serialized strings, so the Helper is designed to use the "network newline"
       pair CR LF as the line terminator for STDOUT.

       When fetch() returns undef, one final row is returned to the calling state: the string
       'EOF'.  Sessions should test for this value FIRST when being invoked with input from a
       query.

   Initialization
       The Helper has one public subroutine, called "run()", and is invoked with two parameters:

       The DSN
           An arrayref of parameters to pass to DBI->connect (usually a dsn, username, and
           password).

       The Queries.
           A hashref of the form Query_Name => "$SQL".  See POE::Component::DBIAgent for details.

BUGS

       I have NO idea what to do about handling signals intelligently.  Specifically, under some
       circumstances, Oracle will refuse to acknowledge SIGTERM (presumably since its libraries
       are non-reentrant) so sometimes SIGKILL is required to terminate a Helper process.

AUTHOR

       This module has been fine-tuned and packaged by Rob Bloodgood <robb@empire2.com>.
       However, most of the code came directly from Fletch <fletch@phydeaux.org>, either directly
       (Po:Co:DBIAgent:Queue) or via his ideas.  Thank you, Fletch!

       However, I own all of the bugs.

       This module is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.