From: Norbert Buchmuller <norbi@nix.hu>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 02:19:14 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Rewrote 'SQL functions on the lhs' to use the new SQLA literal SQL + bind feature.
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Rewrote 'SQL functions on the lhs' to use the new SQLA literal SQL + bind feature.
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diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Manual/Cookbook.pod b/lib/DBIx/Class/Manual/Cookbook.pod
index 8867e3f..93068d5 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Manual/Cookbook.pod
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Manual/Cookbook.pod
@@ -420,25 +420,24 @@ specification as you would any column:
 
   $rs->search({ 'YEAR(date_of_birth)' => 1979 });
 
-With quoting on, or for a more portable solution, use the C<where>
-attribute:
+With quoting on, or for a more portable solution, use literal SQL values with
+placeholders:
 
-  $rs->search({}, { where => \'YEAR(date_of_birth) = 1979' });
+  $rs->search(\[ 'YEAR(date_of_birth)', [ dummy => 1979 ] ]);
 
-=begin hidden
-
-(When the bind args ordering bug is fixed, this technique will be better
-and can replace the one above.)
-
-With quoting on, or for a more portable solution, use the C<where> and
-C<bind> attributes:
+  # Equivalent SQL:
+  # SELECT * FROM employee WHERE YEAR(date_of_birth) = ?
 
-  $rs->search({}, {
-      where => \'YEAR(date_of_birth) = ?',
-      bind  => [ 1979 ]
+  $rs->search({
+    name => 'Bob',
+    -nest => \[ 'YEAR(date_of_birth)', [ dummy => 1979 ] ],
   });
 
-=end hidden
+  # Equivalent SQL:
+  # SELECT * FROM employee WHERE name = ? AND YEAR(date_of_birth) = ?
+
+See also L<SQL::Abstract/Literal SQL with placeholders and bind values
+(subqueries)>.
 
 =head1 JOINS AND PREFETCHING