From: Michael G Schwern <mschwern@cpan.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:10:33 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: Expand the CDBICompat docs to show of it's features, the fact that you're
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Expand the CDBICompat docs to show of it's features, the fact that you're
getting DBIC objects and to be more oriented towards CDBI users.
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diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat.pm
index 49988c9..ee797a2 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat.pm
@@ -46,18 +46,47 @@ DBIx::Class::CDBICompat - Class::DBI Compatibility layer.
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
-  use base qw/DBIx::Class/;
-  __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/CDBICompat Core DB/);
+  package My::CDBI;
+  use base qw/DBIx::Class::CDBICompat/;
+
+  ...continue as Class::DBI...
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 DBIx::Class features a fully featured compatibility layer with L<Class::DBI>
-and L<Class::DBI::AbstractSearch> to ease transition for existing CDBI users. 
+and some common plugins to ease transition for existing CDBI users. 
+
+This is not a wrapper or subclass of DBIx::Class but rather a series of plugins.  The result being that even though you're using the Class::DBI emulation layer you are still getting DBIx::Class objects.  You can use all DBIx::Class features and methods via CDBICompat.  This allows you to take advantage of DBIx::Class features without having to rewrite your CDBI code.
+
+
+=head2 Plugins
+
+CDBICompat is good enough that many CDBI plugins will work with CDBICompat, but many of the plugin features are better done with DBIx::Class methods.
+
+=head3 Class::DBI::AbstractSearch
+
+C<search_where()> is fully emulated using DBIC's search.  Aside from emulation there's no reason to use C<search_where()>.
+
+=head3 Class::DBI::Plugin::NoCache
+
+C<nocache> is fully emulated.
+
+=head3 Class::DBI::Sweet
+
+The features of CDBI::Sweet are better done using DBIC methods which are almost exactly the same.  It even uses L<Data::Page>.
+
+=head3 Class::DBI::Plugin::DeepAbstractSearch
+
+This is better done using DBIC's native search facilities.  The major difference is that DBIC will not infer the join for you, you have to tell it the join tables.
+
+
+=head2 Choosing Features
 
 In fact, this class is just a receipe containing all the features emulated.
 If you like, you can choose which features to emulate by building your 
 own class and loading it like this:
 
+  package My::DB;
   __PACKAGE__->load_own_components(qw/CDBICompat/);
 
 this will automatically load the features included in My::DB::CDBICompat,