DBD::Sponge(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation DBD::Sponge(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

DBD::Sponge - Create a DBI statement handle from Perl data

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
  my $sponge = DBI->connect("dbi:Sponge:","","",{ RaiseError => 1 });
  my $sth = $sponge->prepare($statement, {
          rows => $data,
          NAME => $names,
          %attr
      }
  );
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#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](#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. TYPE defaults to SQL\_VARCHAR. PRECISION will be lazily computed if not supplied.

# [BUGS](#BUGS)

Using this module to prepare INSERT-like statements is not currently documented.

# [AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT](#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](#SEE_ALSO)

DBI

2026-10-18 perl v5.44.0

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Document: DBD::Sponge(3pm) from perl-dbi 1.656-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi