Up dependency on SQLT (releasing now)

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diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Manual/FAQ.pod b/lib/DBIx/Class/Manual/FAQ.pod
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@@ -428,6 +428,41 @@ data out.
 
 You can add your own data accessors to your classes.
 
+One method is to use the built in mk_group_accessors (via L<Class::Accessor::Grouped>)
+
+       package MyTable;
+
+       use parent 'DBIx::Class';
+
+       __PACKAGE__->table('foo'); #etc
+       __PACKAGE__->mk_group_accessors('simple' => qw/non_column_data/); # must use simple group
+
+An another method is to use L<Moose> with your L<DBIx::Class> package.
+
+       package MyTable;
+
+       use Moose; # import Moose
+       use Moose::Util::TypeConstraint; # import Moose accessor type constraints 
+
+       extends 'DBIx::Class'; # Moose changes the way we define our parent (base) package
+
+       has 'non_column_data' => ( is => 'rw', isa => 'Str' ); # define a simple attribute
+
+       __PACKAGE__->table('foo'); # etc
+
+With either of these methods the resulting use of the accesssor would be
+
+       my $row;
+
+       # assume that some where in here $row will get assigned to a MyTable row
+
+       $row->non_column_data('some string'); # would set the non_column_data accessor
+
+       # some other stuff happens here
+
+       $row->update(); # would not inline the non_column_data accessor into the update
+
+       
 =item How do I use DBIx::Class objects in my TT templates?
 
 Like normal objects, mostly. However you need to watch out for TT