From: Peter Rabbitson <ribasushi@cpan.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:48:35 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Better docs about single()
X-Git-Tag: v0.08240~341
X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=59776e0e42df0d10ca3b66d3d91207aa4c76e7e9;p=dbsrgits%2FDBIx-Class.git

Better docs about single()
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diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSet.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSet.pm
index 11f275c..72fa328 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSet.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSet.pm
@@ -573,19 +573,29 @@ sub cursor {
   my $cd = $schema->resultset('CD')->single({ year => 2001 });
 
 Inflates the first result without creating a cursor if the resultset has
-any records in it; if not returns nothing. Used by L</find> as an optimisation.
+any records in it; if not returns nothing. Used by L</find> as a lean version of
+L</search>.
 
-Can optionally take an additional condition B<only> - this is a fast-code-path
-method; if you need to add extra joins or similar call L</search> and then
-L</single> without a condition on the L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet> returned from
-that.
+While this method can take an optional search condition (just like L</search>)
+being a fast-code-path it does not recognize search attributes. If you need to
+add extra joins or similar, call L</search> and then chain-call L</single> on the
+L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet> returned.
 
-B<Note>: As of 0.08100, this method assumes that the query returns only one
-row. If more than one row is returned, you will receive a warning:
+=over
+
+=item B<Note>
+
+As of 0.08100, this method enforces the assumption that the preceeding
+query returns only one row. If more than one row is returned, you will receive
+a warning:
 
   Query returned more than one row
 
-In this case, you should be using L</first> or L</find> instead.
+In this case, you should be using L</first> or L</find> instead, or if you really
+know what you are doing, use the L</rows> attribute to explicitly limit the size 
+of the resultset.
+
+=back
 
 =cut