# DBD::Sponge - Create a DBI statement handle from Perl data - perldoc - [phpMan]

## NAME
    [DBD::Sponge](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/DBD%3A%3ASponge/markdown) - 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](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/DBD%3A%3ASponge/markdown) 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](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/DBI%3A%3AProfile/markdown) 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](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/DBD%3A%3ASponge/markdown) 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