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1 =head1 NAME
2
3 DBIx::Class::Manual::DocMap - What documentation do we have?
4
5 =head1 Manuals
6
7 =over 4
8
9 =item L<DBIx::Class::Manual> - User's Manual overview.
10
11 =item L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Intro> - Introduction to setting up and using DBIx::Class.
12
13 =item L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Example> - Full example Schema.
14
15 =item L<DBIx::Class::Manual::SQLHackers> - How to use DBIx::Class if you know SQL (external, available on CPAN)
16
17 =item L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Glossary> - What do all those terms mean?
18
19 =item L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Cookbook> - Various short recipes on how to do things.
20
21 =item L<DBIx::Class::Manual::FAQ> - Frequently Asked Questions, gathered from IRC and the mailing list.
22
23 =item L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Troubleshooting> - What to do if things go wrong (diagnostics of known error messages).
24
25 =back
26
27 =head1 Some essential reference documentation
28
29 The first two list items are the most important.
30
31 =over 4
32
33 =item L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet/search> - Selecting and manipulating sets.
34
35 The DSL (mini-language) for query composition is only partially explained there,
36 see L<SQL::Abstract/WHERE CLAUSES> for the complete details.
37
38 =item L< C<$schema>::Result::C<$resultclass>|DBIx::Class::Manual::ResultClass>
39 - Classes representing a single result (row) from a DB query.
40
41 Such classes normally subclass L<DBIx::Class::Core>, the methods inherited
42 from L<DBIx::Class::Row|DBIx::Class::Row/METHODS> and
43 L<DBIx::Class::Relationship::Base|DBIx::Class::Relationship::Base/METHODS>
44 are used most often.
45
46 =item L<DBIx::Class::ResultSetColumn> - Perform operations on a single column of a ResultSet.
47
48 =item L<DBIx::Class::ResultSource> - Source/Table definition functions.
49
50 =item L<DBIx::Class::Schema> - Overall sources, and connection container.
51
52 =item L<DBIx::Class::Relationship> - Simple relationship declarations.
53
54 =item L<DBIx::Class::Relationship::Base> - Relationship declaration details.
55
56 =item L<DBIx::Class::InflateColumn> - Making objects out of your column values.
57
58 =back