From: Paul Makepeace <paulm+pause@paulm.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:05:55 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Added some examples and explanations for search()
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Added some examples and explanations for search()
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diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Table.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/Table.pm
index 42631de..3ded88c 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Table.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Table.pm
@@ -100,9 +100,19 @@ sub count {
 
 =item search 
 
-  my @obj    = $class->search({ foo => 3 });
+  my @obj    = $class->search({ foo => 3 }); # "... WHERE foo = 3"
   my $cursor = $class->search({ foo => 3 });
 
+To retrieve all rows, simply call C<search()> with no condition parameter,
+
+  my @all = $class->search(); # equivalent to search({})
+
+If you need to pass in additional attributes (see
+L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet/Attributes> for details) an empty hash indicates
+no condition,
+
+  my @all = $class->search({}, { cols => [qw/foo bar/] }); # "SELECT foo, bar FROM $class_table"
+
 =cut
 
 sub search {