package MyBase; use strict; use base qw(Class::DBI); use vars qw/$dbh/; my @connect = ("dbi:mysql:test", "", ""); $dbh = DBI->connect(@connect) or die DBI->errstr; my @table; END { $dbh->do("DROP TABLE $_") foreach @table } __PACKAGE__->connection(@connect); sub set_table { my $class = shift; $class->table($class->create_test_table); } sub create_test_table { my $self = shift; my $table = $self->next_available_table; my $create = sprintf "CREATE TABLE $table ( %s )", $self->create_sql; push @table, $table; $dbh->do($create); return $table; } sub next_available_table { my $self = shift; my @tables = sort @{ $dbh->selectcol_arrayref( qq{ SHOW TABLES } ) }; my $table = $tables[-1] || "aaa"; return "z$table"; } 1;