Jifty:...uncate(3pm)

💖 Jifty::DBI::Filter::Truncate — the manual page, but make it make sense 🎀

okay bestie, gather round, because we're reading the Jifty::DBI::Filter::Truncate page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation, section 3pm, and honestly? it's short, it's sweet, and it's doing exactly one job. periodt. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

Jifty::DBI::Filter::Truncate — it's the filter that enforces the max_length column trait. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, first things first, bestie: you do not need to use this filter explicitly. no cap. this one is not for you to go calling yourself, okay? it's an internal girlie. she works behind the scenes, enforcing the max_length in Jifty::DBI::Schema restrictions on your columns. main character energy but off-screen. 🎬

here's the setup:

column name =>
    type is 'text',
    max_length is 10;

so in this case, the filter gets automatically added to the column named name, and any value you put into that column that's longer than 10 characters? truncated to 10 characters. bye bye extra letters. ✂️💀

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✨ METHODS ✨

🧚 encode

this method does the actual work of performing the truncation, when necessary. she's the one holding the scissors. 🔥

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👑 LICENSE 👑

Jifty::DBI is Copyright 2005-2007 Best Practical Solutions, LLC.

Jifty::DBI is distributed under the same terms as Perl itself. 🫶

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! no secrets, no hidden lore, just a tiny internal filter being iconic in the background. 💜

this was perl v5.34.0, dated 2022-06-15 — mwah, sending you off with love and a little sparkle 🌈✨🎀