improved docs for as attrib

[dbsrgits/DBIx-Class.git] / lib / DBIx / Class / ResultSet.pm

diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSet.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSet.pm
index ce93efa..6c1066c 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSet.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSet.pm
@@ -409,21 +409,23 @@ sub _unique_queries {
     ? ($attrs->{key})
     : $self->result_source->unique_constraint_names;
 
+  my $where = $self->_collapse_cond($self->{attrs}{where} || {});
+  my $num_where = scalar keys %$where;
+
   my @unique_queries;
   foreach my $name (@constraint_names) {
     my @unique_cols = $self->result_source->unique_constraint_columns($name);
     my $unique_query = $self->_build_unique_query($query, \@unique_cols);
 
+    my $num_cols = scalar @unique_cols;
     my $num_query = scalar keys %$unique_query;
-    next unless $num_query;
 
-    # XXX: Assuming quite a bit about $self->{attrs}{where}
-    my $num_cols = scalar @unique_cols;
-    my $num_where = exists $self->{attrs}{where}
-      ? scalar keys %{ $self->{attrs}{where} }
-      : 0;
-    push @unique_queries, $unique_query
-      if $num_query + $num_where == $num_cols;
+    my $total = $num_query + $num_where;
+    if ($num_query && ($num_query == $num_cols || $total == $num_cols)) {
+      # The query is either unique on its own or is unique in combination with
+      # the existing where clause
+      push @unique_queries, $unique_query;
+    }
   }
 
   return @unique_queries;
@@ -1802,7 +1804,9 @@ Shortcut to include additional columns in the returned results - for example
   });
 
 would return all CDs and include a 'name' column to the information
-passed to object inflation
+passed to object inflation. Note that the 'artist' is the name of the
+column (or relationship) accessor, and 'name' is the name of the column
+accessor in the related table.
 
 =head2 select
 
@@ -1853,8 +1857,14 @@ Indicates additional column names for those added via L<+select>.
 
 =back
 
-Indicates column names for object inflation. This is used in conjunction with
-C<select>, usually when C<select> contains one or more function or stored
+Indicates column names for object inflation. That is, c< as >
+indicates the name that the column can be accessed as via the
+C<get_column> method (or via the object accessor, B<if one already
+exists>).  It has nothing to do with the SQL code C< SELECT foo AS bar
+>.
+
+The C< as > attribute is used in conjunction with C<select>,
+usually when C<select> contains one or more function or stored
 procedure names:
 
   $rs = $schema->resultset('Employee')->search(undef, {