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diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSource/View.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSource/View.pm
index ffe719e..3dde9bd 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSource/View.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSource/View.pm
@@ -7,28 +7,136 @@ use DBIx::Class::ResultSet;
 
 use base qw/DBIx::Class/;
 __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/ResultSource/);
-__PACKAGE__->mk_group_accessors('simple' => ' is_virtual');
+__PACKAGE__->mk_group_accessors(
+  'simple' => qw(is_virtual view_definition)
+);
 
 =head1 NAME
 
-DBIx::Class::ResultSource::Table - Table object
+DBIx::Class::ResultSource::View - ResultSource object representing a view
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
+  package MyDB::Schema::Result::Year2000CDs;
+
+  use base qw/DBIx::Class::Core/;
+
+  __PACKAGE__->table_class('DBIx::Class::ResultSource::View');
+
+  __PACKAGE__->table('year2000cds');
+  __PACKAGE__->result_source_instance->is_virtual(1);
+  __PACKAGE__->result_source_instance->view_definition(
+      "SELECT cdid, artist, title FROM cd WHERE year ='2000'"
+  );
+  __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
+    'cdid' => {
+      data_type => 'integer',
+      is_auto_increment => 1,
+    },
+    'artist' => {
+      data_type => 'integer',
+    },
+    'title' => {
+      data_type => 'varchar',
+      size      => 100,
+    },
+  );
+
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-Table object that inherits from L<DBIx::Class::ResultSource>
+View object that inherits from L<DBIx::Class::ResultSource>
+
+This class extends ResultSource to add basic view support.
+
+A view has a L</view_definition>, which contains a SQL query. The query can
+only have parameters if L</is_virtual> is set to true. It may contain JOINs,
+sub selects and any other SQL your database supports.
+
+View definition SQL is deployed to your database on
+L<DBIx::Class::Schema/deploy> unless you set L</is_virtual> to true.
+
+Deploying the view does B<not> translate it between different database
+syntaxes, so be careful what you write in your view SQL.
+
+Virtual views (L</is_virtual> true), are assumed to not
+exist in your database as a real view. The L</view_definition> in this
+case replaces the view name in a FROM clause in a subselect.
+
+=head1 EXAMPLES
+
+Having created the MyDB::Schema::Year2000CDs schema as shown in the SYNOPSIS
+above, you can then:
+
+  $2000_cds = $schema->resultset('Year2000CDs')
+                     ->search()
+                     ->all();
+  $count    = $schema->resultset('Year2000CDs')
+                     ->search()
+                     ->count();
+
+If you modified the schema to include a placeholder
+
+  __PACKAGE__->result_source_instance->view_definition(
+      "SELECT cdid, artist, title FROM cd WHERE year ='?'"
+  );
+
+and ensuring you have is_virtual set to true:
+
+  __PACKAGE__->result_source_instance->is_virtual(1);
+
+You could now say:
+
+  $2001_cds = $schema->resultset('Year2000CDs')
+                     ->search({}, { bind => [2001] })
+                     ->all();
+  $count    = $schema->resultset('Year2000CDs')
+                     ->search({}, { bind => [2001] })
+                     ->count();
+
+=head1 SQL EXAMPLES
+
+=over
+
+=item is_virtual set to false
+
+  $schema->resultset('Year2000CDs')->all();
+
+  SELECT cdid, artist, title FROM year2000cds me
+
+=item is_virtual set to true
+
+  $schema->resultset('Year2000CDs')->all();
+
+  SELECT cdid, artist, title FROM 
+    (SELECT cdid, artist, title FROM cd WHERE year ='2000') me
+
+=back
 
 =head1 METHODS
 
 =head2 is_virtual
 
-Attribute to declare a view as virtual.
+  __PACKAGE__->result_source_instance->is_virtual(1);
+
+Set to true for a virtual view, false or unset for a real
+database-based view.
+
+=head2 view_definition
+
+  __PACKAGE__->result_source_instance->view_definition(
+      "SELECT cdid, artist, title FROM cd WHERE year ='2000'"
+      );
+
+An SQL query for your view. Will not be translated across database
+syntaxes.
+
+
+=head1 OVERRIDDEN METHODS
 
 =head2 from
 
 Returns the FROM entry for the table (i.e. the view name)
-or the definition if this is a virtual view.
+or the SQL as a subselect if this is a virtual view.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -48,6 +156,10 @@ With Contributions from:
 
 Guillermo Roditi E<lt>groditi@cpan.orgE<gt>
 
+Jess Robinson <castaway@desert-island.me.uk>
+
+Wallace Reis <wreis@cpan.org>
+
 =head1 LICENSE
 
 You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.