Sympa::DatabaseManager(3Sympa)

🎀 NAME 🎀

Sympa::DatabaseManager — she manages the schema of the Sympa core database 💖 and yes she takes that very seriously

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

use Sympa::DatabaseManager;

$sdm = Sympa::DatabaseManager->instance
    or die 'Cannot connect to database';
$sth = $sdm->do_prepared_query('SELECT FROM ...', ...)
    or die 'Cannot execute query';
Sympa::DatabaseManager->disconnect;

Sympa::DatabaseManager::probe_db() or die 'Database is not up-to-date';

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Okay so, Sympa::DatabaseManager is the girl with the clipboard 🗒️✨. She ships functions that manage the schema of the Sympa core database. That's it, that's her whole thing, and she ate.

🌸 Methods and functions 🌸

• instance ( ) — the constructor, bestie 🫶. She hands you the singleton instance of the Sympa::Database class, the one holding down the Sympa core database. One of her, always, periodt.
• disconnect ( ) — class method 💤. She disconnects from the core database. Say bye, be polite, then actually leave.
• probe_db ( ) — function 🔍. If it's possible, she probes the database structure and then updates it. Like a vibe check but for your schema, and she will fix what she finds.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Sympa::Database
• Sympa::DatabaseDescription
• Sympa::DatabaseDriver

(the whole friend group, go read them 💜)

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👑 HISTORY 👑

Not me discovering the lore: Sympa Database Manager (SDM) appeared on Sympa 6.2. Iconic behavior, truly. 🌈

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ngl if you got this far you're a real one 🍓 she's just a database schema manager trying her best, and her best is literally flawless ✨

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kisses and closing statements 💖 this was Sympa::DatabaseManager(3Sympa) from sympa 6.2.80, dated 2026-10-19 — slay, study, and stay schematized 💅✨