# DBD::Sponge - phpMan

## 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