release 0.08123

[dbsrgits/DBIx-Class.git] / lib / DBIx / Class / Manual / FAQ.pod

diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Manual/FAQ.pod b/lib/DBIx/Class/Manual/FAQ.pod
index 9b98d4c..9281a99 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Manual/FAQ.pod
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Manual/FAQ.pod
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ Create your classes manually, as above. Write a script that calls
 L<DBIx::Class::Schema/deploy>. See there for details, or the
 L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Cookbook>.
 
+=item .. store/retrieve Unicode data in my database?
+
+Make sure you database supports Unicode and set the connect
+attributes appropriately - see
+L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Cookbook/Using Unicode>
+
 =item .. connect to my database?
 
 Once you have created all the appropriate table/source classes, and an
@@ -182,15 +188,9 @@ attribute. See L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet/order_by>.
 
 =item .. sort my results based on fields I've aliased using C<as>?
 
-You don't. You'll need to supply the same functions/expressions to
-C<order_by>, as you did to C<select>.
-
-To get "fieldname AS alias" in your SQL, you'll need to supply a
-literal chunk of SQL in your C<select> attribute, such as:
-
- ->search({}, { select => [ \'now() AS currenttime'] })
-
-Then you can use the alias in your C<order_by> attribute.
+You didn't alias anything, since L<as|DBIx::Class::ResultSet/as>
+B<has nothing to do> with the produced SQL. See
+L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet/select> for details.
 
 =item .. group the results of my search?
 
@@ -199,15 +199,7 @@ attribute, see L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet/group_by>.
 
 =item .. group my results based on fields I've aliased using C<as>?
 
-You don't. You'll need to supply the same functions/expressions to
-C<group_by>, as you did to C<select>.
-
-To get "fieldname AS alias" in your SQL, you'll need to supply a
-literal chunk of SQL in your C<select> attribute, such as:
-
- ->search({}, { select => [ \'now() AS currenttime'] })
-
-Then you can use the alias in your C<group_by> attribute.
+You don't. See the explanation on ordering by an alias above.
 
 =item .. filter the results of my search?