ensembl-hive  2.6
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper Class Reference

Public Member Functions

public Instance new ()
 
public Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::DBConnection db_connection ()
 
public ArrayRef execute ()
 
public ArrayRef execute_simple ()
 
public void execute_no_return ()
 
public HashRef execute_into_hash ()
 
public Scalar execute_single_result ()
 
public Return transaction ()
 
public Int execute_update ()
 
public Anything execute_with_sth ()
 
public Int batch ()
 
protected _mappers ()
 
protected _perform_transaction_code ()
 
protected _enable_transaction ()
 
protected _disable_transaction ()
 
protected _bind_params ()
 
protected _execute ()
 
protected _base_execute ()
 
protected _finish_sth ()
 
protected _callback_batch ()
 
protected _data_batch ()
 

Detailed Description

Synopsis

my $helper =
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper->new( -DB_CONNECTION => $dbc );
my $arr_ref = $helper->execute(
-SQL => 'select name, age from tab where col =?',
-CALLBACK => sub {
my @row = @{ shift @_ };
return { name => $row[0], age => $row[1] };
},
-PARAMS => ['A'] );
use Data::Dumper;
print Dumper($arr_ref), "\n";
# Prints out [name=>'name', age=>1] maybe ....
# For transactional work; only works if your MySQL table
# engine/database supports transactional work (such as InnoDB)
$helper->transaction(
-CALLBACK => sub {
if ( $helper->execute_single_result(
-SQL => 'select count(*) from tab'
) )
{
return $helper->execute_update('delete from tab');
} else {
return
$helper->batch( -SQL => 'insert into tab (?,?)',
-DATA => [ [ 1, 2 ], [ 1, 3 ], [ 1, 4 ] ] );
}
} );

Description

Easier database interaction

Definition at line 55 of file SqlHelper.pm.

Member Function Documentation

◆ _base_execute()

protected Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::_base_execute ( )

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◆ _bind_params()

protected Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::_bind_params ( )

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◆ _callback_batch()

protected Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::_callback_batch ( )

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◆ _data_batch()

protected Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::_data_batch ( )

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◆ _disable_transaction()

protected Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::_disable_transaction ( )

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◆ _enable_transaction()

protected Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::_enable_transaction ( )

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◆ _execute()

protected Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::_execute ( )

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◆ _finish_sth()

protected Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::_finish_sth ( )

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◆ _mappers()

protected Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::_mappers ( )

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◆ _perform_transaction_code()

protected Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::_perform_transaction_code ( )

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◆ batch()

public Int Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::batch ( )
  Arg [SQL]           : string $sql
  Arg [CALLBACK]      : CodeRef The callback to use for working with the statement
                        handle once returned; specify this or -DATA
  Arg [DATA]          : ArrayRef The data to insert; specify this or -CALLBACK
  Arg [COMMIT_EVERY]  : Integer defines the rate at which to issue commits to
                        the DB handle. This is important when working with 
                        InnoDB databases since it affects the speed of rollback
                        (larger gaps inbetween commits means more to rollback).
                        Ignored if using the callback version.
  Arg [PREPARE_PARAMS]  : ArrayRef Used to pass parameters to the statement handle 
                          prepare method
  Returntype : integer rows updated
  Exceptions : If errors occur in the execution of the SQL
  Status     : Stable
  Example    :
my $alotofdata = getitfromsomewhere();
$helper->batch(
-SQL => 'insert into table (one,two) values(?,?)',
-CALLBACk => sub {
my ( $sth, $dbc ) = @_;
foreach my $data (@alotofdata) {
$sth->execute( @{$data} );
}
} );
#Or for a 2D array data driven approach
$helper->batch( -SQL => 'insert into table (one,two) values(?,?)',
-DATA => $alotofdata );
  Description: Takes in a sql statement and a code reference. Your SQL is converted into a 
prepared statement and then given as the first parameter to the closure. The
second parameter is the DBH which created the statement. This is intended
to let you do mass insertion into a database without the need to
re-preparing the same statement.
This can be combined with the transaction() code to provide a construct
which does batch insertion and is transactionally aware.
We can also use data based batch insertions i.e.
  #Needs to be like:
  #   [ [1,2], [3,4] ]
  #Or if using the DBI types:
  #  [ [ [ 1, SQL_INTEGER ], [ 2, SQL_INTEGER ] ],
  #    [ [ 3, SQL_INTEGER ], [ 4, SQL_INTEGER ] ] ];
  my $alotofdata = getitfromsomewhere();
  $helper->batch( -SQL  => 'insert into table (one,two) values(?,?)',
                  -DATA => $alotofdata );
This does exactly the same as the previous example.
All batch statements will return the value the callback computes. If you are 
using the previous example with a data array then the code will return the
number affected rows by the query.
 
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◆ db_connection()

public Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::DBConnection Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::db_connection ( )
  Arg [1]     : Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::DBConnection $db_connection
  Description : Sets and retrieves the DBConnection 
  Returntype  : Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::DBConnection
  Exceptions  : If the object given as a DBConnection is not one or if an 
                attempt is made to set the value more than once
  Status      : Stable
 
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◆ execute()

public ArrayRef Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::execute ( )
  Arg [SQL]             : string SQL to execute
  Arg [CALLBACK]        : CodeRef; The callback to use for mapping a row to a data  
                          point; leave blank for a default mapping to a 2D array
  Arg [USE_HASHREFS]    : boolean If set to true will cause HashRefs to be returned 
                          to the callback & not ArrayRefs
  Arg [PARAMS]          : ArrayRef The binding parameters to the SQL statement
  Arg [PREPARE_PARAMS]  : boolean Parameters to be passed onto the Statement Handle 
                          prepare call
  Arg [ITERATOR]        : boolean Request a Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::Iterator
                          rather than a 2D array
  Returntype :  ArrayRef or Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::Iterator
  Exceptions :  If errors occur in the execution of the SQL
  Status     :  Stable
  Example    :
my $arr_ref = $helper->execute(
-SQL => 'select a,b,c from tab where col =?',
-CALLBACK => sub {
my @row = @{ shift @_ };
return { A => $row[0], B => $row[1], C => $row[2] };
},
-PARAMS => ['A'] );
#Or with hashrefs
my $arr_ref = $helper->execute(
-SQL => 'select a,b,c from tab where col =?',
-USE_HASHREFS => 1,
-CALLBACK => sub {
my $row = shift @_;
return { A => $row->{a}, B => $row->{b}, C => $row->{c} };
},
-PARAMS => ['A'] );
  Description:
Uses a callback defined by the sub decalaration. Here we specify how
the calling code will deal with each row of a database's result set. The
sub can return any type of Object/hash/data structure you require.
Should you not specify a callback then a basic one will be assigned to
you which will return a 2D array structure e.g.
  my $arr_ref = $helper->execute(
                           -SQL => 'select a,b,c from tab where col =?',
                           -PARAMS => ['A'] );
This is equivalent to DBI's selectall_arrayref() subroutine.
As an extension to this method you can write a closure subroutine which
takes in two parameters. The first is the array/hash reference & the
second is the statement handle used to execute. 99% of the time you will
not need it but there are occasions where you do need it. An example of
usage would be:
  my $conn = get_conn();    #From somwewhere
  my $arr_ref = $conn->execute(
    -SQL          => 'select a,b,c from tab where col =?',
    -USE_HASHREFS => 1,
    -CALLBACK     => sub {
      my ( $row, $sth ) = @_;
      #Then do something with sth
      return { A => $row->[0], B => $row->[1], C => $row->[2] };
    },
    -PARAMS => ['A'] );
Any arguments to bind to the incoming statement. This can be a set of scalars
or a 2D array if you need to specify any kind of types of sql objects i.e.
  use DBI qw(:sql_types);
  my $conn = get_conn();
  my $arr_ref = $conn->execute(
    -SQL =>
      'select a,b,c from tab where col =? and num_col=? and other=?',
    -USE_HASHREFS => 1,
    -CALLBACK     => sub {
      my @row = shift @_ };
      return { A => $row[0], B => $row[1], C => $row[2] };
    },
    -PARAMS => [ '1', SQL_VARCHAR ],
    [ 2, SQL_INTEGER ],
    'hello' );
Here we import DBI's sql types into our package and then pass in
multiple anonymous array references as parameters. Each param is
tested in the input and if it is detected to be an ARRAY reference we
dereference the array and run DBI's bind_param method. In fact you can
see each part of the incoming paramaters array as the contents to call
bind_param with. The only difference is the package tracks the bind
position for you.
We can get back a Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::Iterator object which can be used
to iterate over the results set without first materializing the data into 
memory. An example would be:
   my $iterator = $helper->execute(
                           -SQL => 'select a,b,c from tab where col =?',
                           -PARAMS => ['A'] 
                           -ITERATOR => 1);
   while($iterator->has_next()) {
     my $row = $iterator->next();
     #Do something
   }
This is very useful for very large datasets.
 
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◆ execute_into_hash()

public HashRef Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::execute_into_hash ( )
  Arg [SQL]           : string $sql
  Arg [CALLBACK]      : CodeRef The callback to use for mapping to a value in a hash
                        keyed by the first element in your result set; 
                        leave blank for a default mapping to a scalar value
                        of the second element
  Arg [PARAMS]        : The binding parameters to the SQL statement
  Returntype : HashRef keyed by column 1 & value is the return of callback
  Exceptions : If errors occur in the execution of the SQL
  Status     : Stable
  Description: A variant of the execute methods but rather than returning a list of
               mapped results, this will assume the first column of a returning map and
               the calling subroutine will map the remainder of your return as the
               hash's key.
               This code can handle simple queries to hashes, complex value mappings
               and repeated mappings for the same key.
  Example:
  my $sql    = 'select key, one, two from table where something =?';
  my $mapper = sub {
    # Argument one is a row from the result, argument two is any previously seen value for the first column of the row
    my ( $row, $value ) = @_;
    #Ignore field 0 as that is being used for the key
    my $obj = Some::Obj->new( one => $row->[1], two => $row->[2] );
    return $obj;
  };
  my $hash = $helper->execute_into_hash( -SQL      => $sql,
                                         -CALLBACK => $mapper,
                                         -PARAMS   => ['val'] );
  #Or the default simplistic invocation
  my $sql = 'select biotype, count(gene_id) from gene group by biotype';
  my $biotype_hash = $conn->execute_into_hash( -SQL => $sql );
  print $biotype_hash->{protein_coding} || 0, "\n";
  # More complicated mapping, result hash will be keyed on "meta_key"
  # Hash will contain lists of values linked to their meta_key
  my args = ( -SQL => 'select meta_key, meta_value from meta '
                 . 'where meta_key =? order by meta_id',
               -PARAMS => ['species.classification'] );
  my $hash = $helper->execute_into_hash(
    args,
    -CALLBACK => sub {
      my ( $row, $value ) = @_;
      $value = [] if !defined $value;
      push($value}, $row->[1] );
      return $value;
    } );
  # Add new values to an already seen existing meta_key
  $hash = $helper->execute_into_hash(
    args,
    -CALLBACK => sub {
      my ( $row, $value ) = @_;
      if ( defined $value ) {
        # Calling code is dealing with $row->[0], so we only have to handle the remaining columns
        push($value}, $row->[1] );
        return;
      }
      my $new_value = [ $row->[1] ];
      return $new_value;
    } );
 
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◆ execute_no_return()

public void Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::execute_no_return ( )
  Arg [SQL]           : string sql
  Arg [CALLBACK]      : CodeRef The callback to use for mapping a row to a data point;
                        we assume you are assigning into a data structure which
                        has requirements other than simple translation into an
                        array
  Arg [USE_HASHREFS]  : boolean If set to true will cause HashRefs to be returned 
                        to the callback and not ArrayRefs
  Arg [PARAMS]        : ArrayRef The binding parameters to the SQL statement
  Returntype : None
  Exceptions : If errors occur in the execution of the SQL
  Status     : Stable
  Description: Whilst all other execute methods will return something; this assumes that the
               given mapper subroutine will be performing the business of placing values
               somewhere or doing something with them.
               There is a huge temptation to nest queries using this method; do not! Execute
               the values into an array using one of the other methods then run your subqueries
               on them; or make a better first query. SQL is flexible; so use it.
 
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◆ execute_simple()

public ArrayRef Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::execute_simple ( )
  Arg [SQL]           : string $sql
  Arg [PARAMS]        : ArrayRef $params
  Arg [CALLBACK]      : CodeRef $callback
  Returntype : ArrayRef of 1D elements
  Exceptions : If errors occur in the execution of the SQL
  Status     : Stable
  Example :
my $classification =
$helper->execute_simple(
-SQL => 'select meta_val from meta where meta_key =? order by meta_id',
-PARAMS => ['species.classification']
);
  Description: Similar to execute() but without a sub-routine reference. 
               Using this code assumes you want an array of single scalar values 
               as returned by the given SQL statement.
 
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◆ execute_single_result()

public Scalar Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::execute_single_result ( )
  Arg [SQL]           : string $sql
  Arg [CALLBACK]      : CodeRef The callback to use for mapping a row to a data point; 
                        leave blank for a default scalar mapping
  Arg [USE_HASHREFS]  : boolean If set to true will cause HashRefs to be returned 
                        to the callback & not ArrayRefs
  Arg [PARAMS]        : ArrayRef The binding parameters to the SQL statement
  Arg [NO_ERROR]      : Boolean Flag to indicate that the code should not 
                        throw an error when row counts are not equal to 1
  Returntype : Scalar
  Exceptions : If errors occur in the execution of the SQL, if the query 
               returned more than 1 row and if we found no rows.
  Status     : Stable
  Example    :
my $meta_count =
$helper->execute_single_result(
-SQL => 'select count(*) from meta where species_id =?',
-PARAMS => [1] );
  Description : Very similar to execute() except it will raise an exception if we have more 
                or less than one row returned
 
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◆ execute_update()

public Int Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::execute_update ( )
  Arg [SQL]           : string $sql
  Arg [CALLBACK]      : CodeRef The callback to use for calling methods on the 
                        DBI statement handle or DBConnection object after an 
                        update command
  Arg [PARAMS]        : ArrayRef The binding parameters to the SQL statement
  Arg [PREPARE_PARAMS] : ArrayRef Parameters to bind to the prepare() StatementHandle call
  Returntype : integer - Number of rows affected
  Exceptions : If errors occur in the execution of the SQL
  Status     : Stable
  Description: Used for performing updates but conforms to the normal execute statement subroutines.
  Example    :
use DBI qw(:sql_types);
$helper->execute_update(-SQL => 'update tab set name = ? where id =?',
-PARAMS => [ 'andy', [ 1, SQL_INTEGER ] ] );
#If you need to do something a bit more advanced with your database then you can
#give the method a closure and this will be called after the execute has been
#issued i.e.
my $obj;
$helper->execute_update(
-SQL => 'insert into tab (name) values(?)',
-CALLBACK => sub {
my ( $sth, $dbh, $rv ) = @_;
$obj->{id} = $dbh->{mysql_insertid};
},
-PARAMS => [ $obj->name() ] );
#This lets us access the statement handle, the database handle and
#the return value from $sth->execute, to access other properties such as
#the last identifier inserted.
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◆ execute_with_sth()

public Anything Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::execute_with_sth ( )
  Arg [SQL]             : string $sql
  Arg [CALLBACK]        : CodeRef The callback to use for working with the statement
                          handle once returned. This is not a mapper.
  Arg [PARAMS]          : ArrayRef The binding parameters to the SQL statement
  Arg [PREPARE_PARAMS]  : ArrayRef Used to pass parameters to the statement handle 
                          prepare method
  Description : Run query without worrying statement handles and such.
Very similar to execute() except this gives you full control over the
lifecycle of the statement handle and how you wish to proceed with working
with a statement handle. This is for situations where you believe going through
the mappers causes too much of a slow-down (since we have to execute a
subroutine for every row in order to map it correctly).
However please benchmark before adopting this method as it increases the 
complexity of your code and the mapper slowness only becomes apparent when
working with very large numbers of rows.
  Returntype  : Anything you wish to return from the callback
  Exceptions  : If errors occur in the execution of the SQL
  Status      : Stable
  Example     :
my $meta_count = $helper->execute_with_sth(
-SQL => 'select count(*) from meta where species_id =?',
-PARAMS => [1],
-CALLBACK => sub {
my ($sth) = @_;
my $count;
$sth->bind_columns( \$count );
while ( $sth->fetch ) {
print $count, "\n";
}
return $count;
} );
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◆ new()

public Instance Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::new ( )
  Arg [DB_CONNECTION] : Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::DBConnection $db_connection
  Returntype          : Instance of helper
  Exceptions          : If the object given as a DBConnection is not one or it
                        was undefined
  Status              : Stable
  Description         : Creates a new instance of this object.
  Example             :
my $dba = get_dba('mydb'); # New DBAdaptor from somewhere
-DB_CONNECTION => $dba->dbc()
);
$helper->execute_update( -SQL => 'update tab set flag=?',
-PARAMS => [1] );
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◆ transaction()

public Return Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::transaction ( )
  Arg [CALLBACK]      : CodeRef The callback used for transaction isolation; once 
                        the subroutine exists the code will decide on rollback
                        or commit. Required
  Arg [RETRY]         : integer the number of retries to attempt with this 
                        transactional block. Defaults to 0. 
  Arg [PAUSE]         : integer the time in seconds to pause in-between retries.
                        Defaults to 1. Fractions are allowed as use delegate to
                        Time::HiRes' sleep function
  Arg [CONDITION]     : CodeRef allows you to inspect the exception raised
                        and should your callback return true then the 
                        retry will be attempted. If not given then all 
                        exceptions mean attempt a retry (if specified)
  Returntype : Return of the callback
  Exceptions : If errors occur in the execution of the SQL
  Status     : Stable
  Example :
my $val = $helper->transaction(
-CALLBACK => sub {
my ($dbc) = @_;
#Do something
return 1;
} );
@section autotoc_md39 Or without named arguments
my $val = $helper->transaction(
sub {
my ($dbc) = @_;
#Do something
return 1;
} );
@section autotoc_md40 To allow retries (use sparingly, and see description)
my $val = $helper->transaction(
-RETRY => 3,
-PAUSE => 2,
-CALLBACK => sub {
my ($dbc) = @_;
#Do something
return 1;
} );
@section autotoc_md41 Only retry when we have an error containing the phrase "deadlock"
my $val = $helper->transaction(
-RETRY => 3, -PAUSE => 2,
-CALLBACK => sub {
my ($dbc) = @_;
#Do something
return 1;
},
-CONDITION => sub {
my ($error) = @_;
      return ( $error =~ /deadlock/ ) ? 1 : 0;
    }
  );
  Description :
Creates a transactional block which will ensure that the connection is
committed when your submmited subroutine has finished or will rollback
in the event of an error occuring in your block.
The code will always force AutoCommit off but will restore it to its
previous setting. If your DBI/DBD driver does not support manual
commits then this code will break. The code will turn off the
disconnect_when_idle() method to allow transactions to work as
expected.
An effect of using REPEATABLE READ transaction isolation (InnoDB's
default) is that your data is as fresh as when you started your current
transaction. To ensure the freshest data use SELECT ... FROM ... LOCK
IN SHARE MODE> or SELECT ... FROM ... LOCK FOR UPDATE if you are
going to issue updates.
Creating a transaction within a transaction results in the commit
rollback statements occuring in the top level transaction. That way any
block of code which is meant to to be transaction can be wrapped in
this block ( assuming the same instance of SQLHelper is passed around and
used).
You can also request the -RETRY of a transactional block of code which is
causing problems. This can indicate your programming model is broken, 
so use with care.
The -RETRY argument indicates the number of times we attempt the transaction 
and -PAUSE indicates the time in-between attempts. These retries will
only occur in the root transaction block i.e. you cannot influence the 
retry system in a sub-transaction. You can influence if the retry is done with
the -CONDITION argument which accepts a Code reference (same as the
-CALLBACK parameter). This allows you to inspect the error thrown to
retry only in some situations e.g.
 
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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::_disable_transaction
protected _disable_transaction()
map
public map()
get_dba
public get_dba()
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::_data_batch
protected _data_batch()
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::db_connection
public Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::DBConnection db_connection()
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::_enable_transaction
protected _enable_transaction()
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::_finish_sth
protected _finish_sth()
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::_perform_transaction_code
protected _perform_transaction_code()
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::execute_into_hash
public HashRef execute_into_hash()
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::execute
public ArrayRef execute()
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::execute_no_return
public void execute_no_return()
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::_bind_params
protected _bind_params()
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::execute_single_result
public Scalar execute_single_result()
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::batch
public Int batch()
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::Iterator
Definition: Iterator.pm:44
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::Iterator::to_arrayref
public Arrayref to_arrayref()
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::new
public Instance new()
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::execute_with_sth
public Anything execute_with_sth()
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::_mappers
protected _mappers()
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper
Definition: SqlHelper.pm:55
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::_callback_batch
protected _callback_batch()
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::Iterator::new
public Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::Iterator new()
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::execute_update
public Int execute_update()
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::_execute
protected _execute()
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::transaction
public Return transaction()
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::execute_simple
public ArrayRef execute_simple()
Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::SqlHelper::_base_execute
protected _base_execute()