NAME

       DBD::Sponge - Create a DBI statement handle from Perl data

SYNOPSIS

         my $sponge = DBI->connect("dbi:Sponge:","","",{ RaiseError => 1 });
         my $sth = $sponge->prepare($statement, {
                 rows => $data,
                 NAME => $names,
                 %attr
             }
         );

DESCRIPTION

       DBD::Sponge is useful for making a Perl data structure accessible through a standard DBI
       statement handle. This may be useful to DBD module authors who need to transform data in
       this way.

METHODS

   connect()
         my $sponge = DBI->connect("dbi:Sponge:","","",{ RaiseError => 1 });

       Here's a sample syntax for creating a database handle for the Sponge driver.  No username
       and password are needed.

   prepare()
         my $sth = $sponge->prepare($statement, {
                 rows => $data,
                 NAME => $names,
                 %attr
             }
         );

       •   The $statement here is an arbitrary statement or name you want to provide as identity
           of your data. If you're using DBI::Profile it will appear in the profile data.

           Generally it's expected that you are preparing a statement handle as if a "select"
           statement happened.

       •   $data is a reference to the data you are providing, given as an array of arrays.

       •   $names is a reference an array of column names for the $data you are providing.  The
           number and order should match the number and ordering of the $data columns.

       •   %attr is a hash of other standard DBI attributes that you might pass to a prepare
           statement.

           Currently only NAME, TYPE, and PRECISION are supported.

BUGS

       Using this module to prepare INSERT-like statements is not currently documented.

AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT

       This module is Copyright (c) 2003 Tim Bunce

       Documentation initially written by Mark Stosberg

       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 DBI.

SEE ALSO

       DBI