DROP TABLE public.nodes; DROP TABLE public.sequences; DROP TABLE public.taxa; CREATE TABLE public.taxa ( id SERIAL NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY , common_name CHARACTER(60) , UNIQUE (common_name) ); CREATE TABLE public.nodes ( id SERIAL NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY , description CHARACTER(60) , taxon_id INT REFERENCES taxa (id) ); CREATE TABLE public.sequences ( id SERIAL NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY , description CHARACTER(60) , seq TEXT NOT NULL , taxon_id INT REFERENCES taxa (id) ); #### package MyDB; use base qw(Rose::DB); __PACKAGE__->use_private_registry; __PACKAGE__->register_db( driver => 'pg', database => 'mydb', host => 'localhost', username => $ENV{USER}, password => '', ); 1; package MyDB::Object; use MyDB; use base qw(Rose::DB::Object); sub init_db { MyDB->new }; 1; package MyDB::Node; use base qw(MyDB::Object); __PACKAGE__->meta->table('nodes'); __PACKAGE__->meta->auto_initialize; __PACKAGE__->meta->make_manager_class('nodes'); 1; package MyDB::Sequence; use base qw(MyDB::Object); __PACKAGE__->meta->table('sequences'); __PACKAGE__->meta->auto_initialize; __PACKAGE__->meta->make_manager_class('sequences'); 1; package MyDB::Taxon; use base qw(MyDB::Object); __PACKAGE__->meta->table('taxa'); __PACKAGE__->meta->auto_initialize; 1; my $t = MyDB::Taxon->new(common_name => 'Homo Sapiens'); $t->add_sequences({ description => '1', seq => 'AA'}, { description => '2', seq => 'GG'},); $t->add_nodes({ description => '1', }, ); $t->save; # a little bit more complicated than necessary just # to demonstrate queries my $nodes = MyDB::Node::Manager->get_nodes( query => [ 'taxon.id' => $t->id], require_objects => [ 'taxon'], ); foreach my $node (@$nodes) { print "NODE: ". $node->description . ' ' . $node->taxon->common_name . "\n"; }; my $seqs = MyDB::Sequence::Manager->get_sequences( query => [ 'taxon_id' => $t->id], ); foreach my $seq (@$seqs) { print "SEQ: ". $seq->description . ' ' . $seq->taxon->common_name . "\n"; }; # change taxon $nodes->[0]->taxon(MyDB::Taxon->new(common_name=>'Guppy')); $nodes->[0]->save; # old taxon $nodes->[0]->taxon($t); #$nodes->[0]->save;