Getting and Storing Data for a Custom Data Type

Once you have registered and defined your custom object type. You can easily save instances of the object, or retrieve and/or delete them from the database. Here are some very simple code samples which cover the basics of retrieving and storing these custom objects from the database:

Inserting Data

my $object = TestPlugin::SuperHappyVideo->new;
$object->blog_id(1);
$object->title("My latest video");
$object->length(120);
$object->description("The best video in the world.");
$object->save;

Loading and Updating Data

my $object = TestPlugin::SuperHappyVideo->load({ id => 4 });
$object->title("My latest HAPPY video!");
$object->save;

Deleting Data

my $object = TestPlugin::SuperHappyVideo->load({ id => 4 });
$object->remove;

There are a number of different functions Movable Type makes available to you to make it easier to query and manipulate data in the database. Some of these functions are:

• load
• load_iter
• get_by_key
• remove
• remove_all
• remove_children
• save
• set_by_key
• init
• join
• unique
• count
• count_group_by
• exists

For complete documentation on creating custom objects, please consult Appendix B.