NAME

Postgres::Handler::HTML - HTML Component for PostgreSQL data.

DESCRIPTION

Accessors for PostgreSQL data. Simplifies data access through a series of standard class methods.

SYNOPSIS

# Instantiate Object
#
use Postgres::Handler;
my $DB = Postgres::Handler->new(dbname=>'products',dbuser=>'postgres',dbpass=>'pgpassword');

# Retrieve Data & List Records
#
$DB->PrepLEX('SELECT * FROM products');
while ($item=$DB->GetRecord()) {
    print "$item->{PROD_ID}\t$item->{PROD_TITLE}\t$item->{PROD_QTY}\n";
}

# Add / Update Record based on CGI Form
# assuming objCGI is an instatiated CGI object
# if the CGI param 'prod_id' is set we update
# if it is not set we add
#
my %cgimap;
foreach ('prod_id','prod_title','prod_qty') { $cgimap{$_} = $_; }
$DB->AddUpdate( CGI=>$objCGI     , CGIKEY=>'prod_id', 
                TABLE=>'products', DBKEY=>'prod_id',
                hrCGIMAP=>\%cgimap
               );

REQUIRES

	Subclass of Postgres::Handler

	Postgres::Handler
 		 +- CGI::Carp
		 +- CGI::Util
		 +- Class::Struct
		 +- DBI

METHODS

CheckBox()

 Produce an HTML Checkbox for the specified boolean field

 Parameters
	TABLE			=>	name of table to get data from
	CBNAME		=>	name to put on the checkbox, defaults to VALUE
	VALUE			=> field that contains the t/f use to set the checkmark
	LABEL			=> what to put next to the checkbox as a label (defaults to field name)
	KEY			=>	value of the key used to lookup the data in the database
	CHECKED		=> set to '1' to check by default if KEY not found
	SCRIPT		=> script tags (or class tags) to add to checkbox HTML
	NOLABEL		=> set to '1' to skip printing of label

 Action
 prints out the HTML Checkbox, checked if field is true

 Return
 0 = failure, sets error message, get with lasterror()
 1 = success

Pulldown()

 Produce an HTML pulldown menu for the specified table/fields

 Parameters
	TABLE			=>	 name of table to get data from
	PDNAME		=>	 name to put on the pulldown, defaults to VALUE
	VALUE			=>  which field we stick into the option values
	SHOW			=>  which field we spit out on the selection menu, defaults to VALUE
	SELECT		=>  mark the one with this VALUE as selected
	ALLOWBLANK 	=> set to 1 to allow blank selection (noted as ---)
	ORDERBY		=> special ordering, defaults to SHOW field
	WHERE			=> filtering selection clause (without WHERE, i.e. pdclass='class1')
	SCRIPT		=> event script, such as 'onChange="DoSumthin();"'

 Action
 prints out the HTML pulldown

RadioButtons()

 Produce an HTML Radio Button menu for the specified table/fields

 Parameters
	TABLE			=>	 name of table to get data from
	RBNAME		=>	 name to put on the pulldown, defaults to VALUE
	VALUE			=>  which field we stick into the option values
	SHOW			=>  which field we spit out on the menu, defaults to VALUE
	SELECT		=>  mark the one with this VALUE as selected
	ORDERBY		=> special ordering, defaults to SHOW field
	WHERE			=> filtering selection clause (without WHERE, i.e. rbclass='class1')

 Action
 prints out the HTML Radio Buttons

ShowHeader()

Display header for retrieved records in an HTML <table> row

One of these 2 id required
DATAREF		=> reference to hash storing record 
DISPCOLS	=> reference to array of columns to show, defaults to hash key names

Optional parameters
FULLNAME	=> set to 1 to show full field name, otherwise we trunc up to first _
SORT			=> set to 1 to sort keys

ShowRecord()

 Display retrieved records in an HTML <table> row

 Parameters
 DATAREF		=> reference to hash storing record (required)

 DATAMODREF	=> reference to hash storing data modifiers
 						The field specified by the hash key is replaced
						with the data specified in the value.
						Use $Record{???} to place the record field ??? within 
						the substitution string.						

						If the modifier starts with ~eval(<blah>) then the modifier
						evaluates <blah> and returns it's result.  For example:
						$datmodref{THISFIELD} = '~eval(substr($Record{FIELD},0,10))';
						would display the first 10 characters of the field.

 DISPLAYREF	=> reference to hash storing special cell formats for
 						each data element. Key = element, value = <td> modifier

 DISPCOLS	=> reference to array of columns to show, defaults to hash key names

 TRIMDATES	=> set to 'minute' or 'day' to trim date fields
 						date fields are any ending in 'LASTUPDATE' 
 WRAP			=> set to 1 to allow data wrapping
 SORT			=> set to 1 to sort keys
 ASFORM		=> set to 1 to show data as input form fields
 NOTABLE		=> set to 1 to drop all table html tags
 OUTPUT		=> output file handle
 ROWMOD		=> modifier to <tr> row definition
 CELLMOD		=> modifier to each <td> Cell definition

ValOrZero()

Set these CGI parameters to 0 if not defined.  Used for checkbox
form variables when we want to ensure the value is set to 0 (false)
if they are not set via the CGI interface.

HTML checkboxes are NOT passed to the CGI module if they are not
checked, so this function helps us out by forcing the assumption
that the CGI parameters passed here should be 0 if the are not
received.

Parameters
[0] - the CGI variable
[1] - an array of CGI parameters to be set

Action
Sets the named CGI parameters to 0 if they are not set, otherwise
leaves the original value intact.

ShowThe

Load the DB record and spit out the value of the specified field

Parameters 
[0] = field name in "table!field" format
[1] = key value to lookup
[2] = trim to this many characters

AUTHOR

Lance Cleveland, Advanced Internet Technology Consultant
Contact info@charlestonsw.com for more info.

ABOUT CSA

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consulting firm based in Charleston South Carolina.   We provide custom
software, database, and consulting services for small to mid-sized
businesses.

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www.CharlestonSW.com

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COPYRIGHT

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REVISION HISTORY

 v0.6 - Jun 13 2005
      added script option to checkbox type
		added no label option to checkbox type

 v0.5 - Jun 09 2005
      moved under Postgres::Handler:: namespace
		initial CPAN release

 v0.4 - Apr 28 2005
		pod updates
		Updated CheckBox() w/ default 'checked' option
		Added ShowThe() method

 v0.1 - Dec/2004
      Initial private release