From: Jess Robinson <castaway@desert-island.me.uk>
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:27:05 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Added ontes on where to override store_column (request from kd)
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Added ontes on where to override store_column (request from kd)
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diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Manual/Cookbook.pod b/lib/DBIx/Class/Manual/Cookbook.pod
index 3e3f5db..87ffd96 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Manual/Cookbook.pod
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Manual/Cookbook.pod
@@ -1877,7 +1877,7 @@ just looking for this.
 For example, say that you have three columns, C<id>, C<number>, and
 C<squared>.  You would like to make changes to C<number> and have
 C<squared> be automagically set to the value of C<number> squared.
-You can accomplish this by overriding C<store_column>:
+You can accomplish this by overriding C<store_column> in your L<Result class|DBIx::Class::Manual::Glossary/Result class>:
 
   sub store_column {
     my ( $self, $name, $value ) = @_;
@@ -1890,6 +1890,10 @@ You can accomplish this by overriding C<store_column>:
 Note that the hard work is done by the call to C<next::method>, which
 redispatches your call to store_column in the superclass(es).
 
+Generally, if this is a calculation your database can easily do, try
+and avoid storing the calculated value, it is safer to calculate when
+needed, than rely on the data being in sync.
+
 =head2 Automatically creating related objects
 
 You might have a class C<Artist> which has many C<CD>s.  Further, you