From: Marcus Ramberg <mramberg@cpan.org>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:40:11 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: handle the throw_exception bit. Drop DBIx::Class::Exception
X-Git-Tag: v0.05005~91
X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=dbsrgits%2FDBIx-Class.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=701da8c4d6f0b78ffc015085aa410a6cacfcdb40

handle the throw_exception bit. Drop DBIx::Class::Exception
---

diff --git a/Build.PL b/Build.PL
index 7fac43b..629829c 100644
--- a/Build.PL
+++ b/Build.PL
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ my %arguments = (
         # Following for CDBICompat only
         'Class::Trigger'            => 0,
         'DBIx::ContextualFetch'     => 0,
+	'Carp::Clan'		    => 0,
     },
     recommends          => {
         'Data::UUID'                => 0,
diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index d0c9623..a7780a2 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Revision history for DBIx::Class
 
+	- Removed DBIx::Class::Exception
+	- unified throw_exception stuff, using Carp::Clan
+	- report query when sth generation fails.
         - multi-step prefetch!
         - inheritance fixes
         - test tweaks
diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index c26ea8a..6519ab6 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ lib/DBIx/Class/Componentised.pm
 lib/DBIx/Class/Core.pm
 lib/DBIx/Class/Cursor.pm
 lib/DBIx/Class/DB.pm
-lib/DBIx/Class/Exception.pm
 lib/DBIx/Class/InflateColumn.pm
 lib/DBIx/Class/Manual.pod
 lib/DBIx/Class/Manual/Cookbook.pod
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/AccessorGroup.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/AccessorGroup.pm
index 9a2dd11..79db519 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/AccessorGroup.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/AccessorGroup.pm
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package DBIx::Class::AccessorGroup;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
+use Carp::Clan qw/^DBIx::Class/;
+
 =head1 NAME 
 
 DBIx::Class::AccessorGroup -  Lets you build groups of accessors
@@ -38,8 +40,7 @@ sub mk_group_accessors {
 
         foreach my $field (@fields) {
             if( $field eq 'DESTROY' ) {
-                require Carp;
-                &Carp::carp("Having a data accessor named DESTROY  in ".
+                carp("Having a data accessor named DESTROY  in ".
                              "'$class' is unwise.");
             }
 
@@ -102,8 +103,7 @@ sub make_group_ro_accessor {
 
         if(@_) {
             my $caller = caller;
-            require Carp;
-            Carp::croak("'$caller' cannot alter the value of '$field' on ".
+            croak("'$caller' cannot alter the value of '$field' on ".
                         "objects of class '$class'");
         }
         else {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ sub make_group_wo_accessor {
         unless (@_) {
             my $caller = caller;
             require Carp;
-            Carp::croak("'$caller' cannot access the value of '$field' on ".
+            croak("'$caller' cannot access the value of '$field' on ".
                         "objects of class '$class'");
         }
         else {
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/AccessorMapping.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/AccessorMapping.pm
index aec1653..71ca253 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/AccessorMapping.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/AccessorMapping.pm
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ sub mk_group_accessors {
 
 sub new {
   my ($class, $attrs, @rest) = @_;
-  $class->throw( "create needs a hashref" ) unless ref $attrs eq 'HASH';
+  $class->throw_exception( "create needs a hashref" ) unless ref $attrs eq 'HASH';
   foreach my $col ($class->columns) {
     if ($class->can('accessor_name')) {
       my $acc = $class->accessor_name($col);
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/Constraints.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/Constraints.pm
index f712627..2452400 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/Constraints.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/Constraints.pm
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ use warnings;
 sub constrain_column {
   my $class = shift;
   my $col   = $class->find_column(+shift)
-    or return $class->throw("constraint_column needs a valid column");
+    or return $class->throw_exception("constraint_column needs a valid column");
   my $how = shift
-    or return $class->throw("constrain_column needs a constraint");
+    or return $class->throw_exception("constrain_column needs a constraint");
   if (ref $how eq "ARRAY") {
     my %hash = map { $_ => 1 } @$how;
     $class->add_constraint(list => $col => sub { exists $hash{ +shift } });
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ sub constrain_column {
     if (my $dispatch = $class->can($try_method)) {
       $class->$dispatch($col => ($how, @_));
     } else {
-      $class->throw("Don't know how to constrain $col with $how");
+      $class->throw_exception("Don't know how to constrain $col with $how");
     }
   }
 }
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ sub constrain_column {
 sub add_constraint {
   my $class = shift;
   $class->_invalid_object_method('add_constraint()') if ref $class;
-  my $name = shift or return $class->throw("Constraint needs a name");
+  my $name = shift or return $class->throw_exception("Constraint needs a name");
   my $column = $class->find_column(+shift)
-    or return $class->throw("Constraint $name needs a valid column");
+    or return $class->throw_exception("Constraint $name needs a valid column");
   my $code = shift
-    or return $class->throw("Constraint $name needs a code reference");
-  return $class->throw("Constraint $name '$code' is not a code reference")
+    or return $class->throw_exception("Constraint $name needs a code reference");
+  return $class->throw_exception("Constraint $name '$code' is not a code reference")
     unless ref($code) eq "CODE";
 
   #$column->is_constrained(1);
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ sub add_constraint {
     "before_set_$column" => sub {
       my ($self, $value, $column_values) = @_;
       $code->($value, $self, $column, $column_values)
-        or return $self->throw(
+        or return $self->throw_exception(
         "$class $column fails '$name' constraint with '$value'");
     }
   );
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/HasA.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/HasA.pm
index c0d4458..e360097 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/HasA.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/HasA.pm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use warnings;
 
 sub has_a {
   my ($self, $col, $f_class, %args) = @_;
-  $self->throw( "No such column ${col}" ) unless $self->has_column($col);
+  $self->throw_exception( "No such column ${col}" ) unless $self->has_column($col);
   eval "require $f_class";
   if ($args{'inflate'} || $args{'deflate'}) { # Non-database has_a
     if (!ref $args{'inflate'}) {
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/ImaDBI.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/ImaDBI.pm
index 7f645d5..5c8cd42 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/ImaDBI.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/ImaDBI.pm
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ __PACKAGE__->mk_classdata('_transform_sql_handlers' =>
                           map { $from_class->relationship_info($_) }
                             $from_class->relationships;
         }
-        $self->throw( "No relationship to JOIN from ${from_class} to ${to_class}" )
+        $self->throw_exception( "No relationship to JOIN from ${from_class} to ${to_class}" )
           unless $rel_obj;
         my $join = $from_class->storage->sql_maker->_join_condition(
           $from_class->result_source_instance->resolve_condition(
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/ReadOnly.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/ReadOnly.pm
index fe1d902..e5949a9 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/ReadOnly.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/ReadOnly.pm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use warnings;
 
 sub make_read_only {
   my $proto = shift;
-  $proto->add_trigger("before_$_" => sub { shift->throw("$proto is read only") })
+  $proto->add_trigger("before_$_" => sub { shift->throw_exception("$proto is read only") })
     foreach qw/create delete update/;
   return $proto;
 }
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/TempColumns.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/TempColumns.pm
index 1bd5c93..9a44698 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/TempColumns.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/CDBICompat/TempColumns.pm
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ sub find_column {
 
 sub get_temp {
   my ($self, $column) = @_;
-  $self->throw( "Can't fetch data as class method" ) unless ref $self;
-  $self->throw( "No such TEMP column '${column}'" ) unless $self->_temp_columns->{$column} ;
+  $self->throw_exception( "Can't fetch data as class method" ) unless ref $self;
+  $self->throw_exception( "No such TEMP column '${column}'" ) unless $self->_temp_columns->{$column} ;
   return $self->{_temp_column_data}{$column}
     if exists $self->{_temp_column_data}{$column};
   return undef;
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ sub get_temp {
 
 sub set_temp {
   my ($self, $column, $value) = @_;
-  $self->throw( "No such TEMP column '${column}'" )
+  $self->throw_exception( "No such TEMP column '${column}'" )
     unless $self->_temp_columns->{$column};
-  $self->throw( "set_temp called for ${column} without value" )
+  $self->throw_exception( "set_temp called for ${column} without value" )
     if @_ < 3;
   return $self->{_temp_column_data}{$column} = $value;
 }
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Core.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/Core.pm
index 44a5f96..303d1cc 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Core.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Core.pm
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/
   PK
   Row
   ResultSourceProxy::Table
-  Exception
   AccessorGroup/);
 
 1;
@@ -45,8 +44,6 @@ The core modules currently are:
 
 =item L<DBIx::Class::ResultSourceProxy::Table>
 
-=item L<DBIx::Class::Exception>
-
 =item L<DBIx::Class::AccessorGroup>
 
 =back
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Exception.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/Exception.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index 0580202..0000000
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Exception.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-package DBIx::Class::Exception;
-
-use strict;
-use vars qw[@ISA $DBIC_EXCEPTION_CLASS];
-use UNIVERSAL::require;
-
-BEGIN {
-    push( @ISA, $DBIC_EXCEPTION_CLASS || 'DBIx::Class::Exception::Base' );
-}
-
-package DBIx::Class::Exception::Base;
-
-use strict;
-use Carp ();
-
-=head1 NAME
-
-DBIx::Class::Exception - DBIC Exception Class
-
-=head1 SYNOPSIS
-
-   DBIx::Class::Exception->throw( qq/Fatal exception/ );
-
-See also L<DBIx::Class>.
-
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
-
-This is a generic Exception class for DBIx::Class. You can easily
-replace this with any mechanism implementing 'throw' by setting
-$DBix::Class::Exception::DBIC_EXCEPTION_CLASS
-
-=head1 METHODS
-
-=head2 throw( $message )
-
-=head2 throw( message => $message )
-
-=head2 throw( error => $error )
-
-Throws a fatal exception.
-
-=cut
-
-sub throw {
-    my $class  = shift;
-    my %params = @_ == 1 ? ( error => $_[0] ) : @_;
-
-    my $message = $params{message} || $params{error} || $! || '';
-
-    local $Carp::CarpLevel = (caller(1) eq 'NEXT' ? 2 : 1);
-
-    Carp::croak($message);
-}
-
-=head1 AUTHOR
-
-Marcus Ramberg <mramberg@cpan.org>
-
-=head1 THANKS
-
-Thanks to the L<Catalyst> framework, where this module was borrowed
-from.
-
-=head1 COPYRIGHT
-
-This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the same terms as Perl itself.
-
-=cut
-
-1;
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/InflateColumn.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/InflateColumn.pm
index 6a8e1e7..f60e112 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/InflateColumn.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/InflateColumn.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package DBIx::Class::InflateColumn;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-use Carp qw/croak/;
 
 use base qw/DBIx::Class::Row/;
 
@@ -59,8 +58,8 @@ used in the database layer.
 
 sub inflate_column {
   my ($self, $col, $attrs) = @_;
-  croak "No such column $col to inflate" unless $self->has_column($col);
-  croak "inflate_column needs attr hashref" unless ref $attrs eq 'HASH';
+  $self->throw_exception("No such column $col to inflate") unless $self->has_column($col);
+  $self->throw_exception("inflate_column needs attr hashref") unless ref $attrs eq 'HASH';
   $self->column_info($col)->{_inflate_info} = $attrs;
   $self->mk_group_accessors('inflated_column' => $col);
   return 1;
@@ -69,26 +68,26 @@ sub inflate_column {
 sub _inflated_column {
   my ($self, $col, $value) = @_;
   return $value unless defined $value; # NULL is NULL is NULL
-  my $info = $self->column_info($col) || croak "No column info for $col";
+  my $info = $self->column_info($col) || $self->throw_exception("No column info for $col");
   return $value unless exists $info->{_inflate_info};
   my $inflate = $info->{_inflate_info}{inflate};
-  croak "No inflator for $col" unless defined $inflate;
+  $self->throw_exception("No inflator for $col") unless defined $inflate;
   return $inflate->($value, $self);
 }
 
 sub _deflated_column {
   my ($self, $col, $value) = @_;
   return $value unless ref $value; # If it's not an object, don't touch it
-  my $info = $self->column_info($col) || croak "No column info for $col";
+  my $info = $self->column_info($col) || $self->throw_exception("No column info for $col");
   return $value unless exists $info->{_inflate_info};
   my $deflate = $info->{_inflate_info}{deflate};
-  croak "No deflator for $col" unless defined $deflate;
+  $self->throw_exception("No deflator for $col") unless defined $deflate;
   return $deflate->($value, $self);
 }
 
 sub get_inflated_column {
   my ($self, $col) = @_;
-  $self->throw("$col is not an inflated column") unless
+  $self->throw_exception("$col is not an inflated column") unless
     exists $self->column_info($col)->{_inflate_info};
 
   return $self->{_inflated_column}{$col}
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/PK.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/PK.pm
index 4889b63..ad406ca 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/PK.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/PK.pm
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ a class method.
 
 sub id {
   my ($self) = @_;
-  $self->throw( "Can't call id() as a class method" ) unless ref $self;
+  $self->throw_exception( "Can't call id() as a class method" ) unless ref $self;
   my @pk = $self->_ident_values;
   return (wantarray ? @pk : $pk[0]);
 }
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ L<DBIx::Class::ObjectCache>.
 
 sub ID {
   my ($self) = @_;
-  $self->throw( "Can't call ID() as a class method" ) unless ref $self;
+  $self->throw_exception( "Can't call ID() as a class method" ) unless ref $self;
   return undef unless $self->in_storage;
   return $self->_create_ID(map { $_ => $self->{_column_data}{$_} } $self->primary_columns);
 }
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/PK/Auto.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/PK/Auto.pm
index ac89dad..c2bb440 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/PK/Auto.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/PK/Auto.pm
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ sub insert {
     (grep { $self->column_info($_)->{'auto_increment'} }
        $self->primary_columns)
     || $self->primary_columns;
-  $self->throw( "More than one possible key found for auto-inc on ".ref $self )
+  $self->throw_exception( "More than one possible key found for auto-inc on ".ref $self )
     if $too_many;
   unless (defined $self->get_column($pri)) {
-    $self->throw( "Can't auto-inc for $pri on ".ref $self.": no _last_insert_id method" )
+    $self->throw_exception( "Can't auto-inc for $pri on ".ref $self.": no _last_insert_id method" )
       unless $self->can('last_insert_id');
     my $id = $self->last_insert_id;
-    $self->throw( "Can't get last insert id" ) unless $id;
+    $self->throw_exception( "Can't get last insert id" ) unless $id;
     $self->store_column($pri => $id);
   }
   return $ret;
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/Accessor.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/Accessor.pm
index 5c2c38d..b94f238 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/Accessor.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/Accessor.pm
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ sub add_relationship_accessor {
       }
     };
   } elsif ($acc_type eq 'filter') {
-    $class->throw("No such column $rel to filter")
+    $class->throw_exception("No such column $rel to filter")
        unless $class->has_column($rel);
     my $f_class = $class->relationship_info($rel)->{class};
     $class->inflate_column($rel,
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ sub add_relationship_accessor {
         },
         deflate => sub {
           my ($val, $self) = @_;
-          $self->throw("$val isn't a $f_class") unless $val->isa($f_class);
+          $self->throw_exception("$val isn't a $f_class") unless $val->isa($f_class);
           return ($val->_ident_values)[0];
             # WARNING: probably breaks for multi-pri sometimes. FIXME
         }
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ sub add_relationship_accessor {
     $meth{$rel} = sub { shift->search_related($rel, @_) };
     $meth{"add_to_${rel}"} = sub { shift->create_related($rel, @_); };
   } else {
-    $class->throw("No such relationship accessor type $acc_type");
+    $class->throw_exception("No such relationship accessor type $acc_type");
   }
   {
     no strict 'refs';
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/Base.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/Base.pm
index d10a7db..e4d7488 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/Base.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/Base.pm
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ sub search_related {
     $attrs = { %{ pop(@_) } };
   }
   my $rel_obj = $self->relationship_info($rel);
-  $self->throw( "No such relationship ${rel}" ) unless $rel_obj;
+  $self->throw_exception( "No such relationship ${rel}" ) unless $rel_obj;
   $attrs = { %{$rel_obj->{attrs} || {}}, %{$attrs || {}} };
 
-  $self->throw( "Invalid query: @_" ) if (@_ > 1 && (@_ % 2 == 1));
+  $self->throw_exception( "Invalid query: @_" ) if (@_ > 1 && (@_ % 2 == 1));
   my $query = ((@_ > 1) ? {@_} : shift);
 
   my ($cond) = $self->result_source->resolve_condition($rel_obj->{cond}, $rel, $self);
@@ -172,20 +172,20 @@ sub find_or_create_related {
 sub set_from_related {
   my ($self, $rel, $f_obj) = @_;
   my $rel_obj = $self->relationship_info($rel);
-  $self->throw( "No such relationship ${rel}" ) unless $rel_obj;
+  $self->throw_exception( "No such relationship ${rel}" ) unless $rel_obj;
   my $cond = $rel_obj->{cond};
-  $self->throw( "set_from_related can only handle a hash condition; the "
+  $self->throw_exception( "set_from_related can only handle a hash condition; the "
     ."condition for $rel is of type ".(ref $cond ? ref $cond : 'plain scalar'))
       unless ref $cond eq 'HASH';
   my $f_class = $self->result_source->schema->class($rel_obj->{class});
-  $self->throw( "Object $f_obj isn't a ".$f_class )
+  $self->throw_exception( "Object $f_obj isn't a ".$f_class )
     unless $f_obj->isa($f_class);
   foreach my $key (keys %$cond) {
     next if ref $cond->{$key}; # Skip literals and complex conditions
-    $self->throw("set_from_related can't handle $key as key")
+    $self->throw_exception("set_from_related can't handle $key as key")
       unless $key =~ m/^foreign\.([^\.]+)$/;
     my $val = $f_obj->get_column($1);
-    $self->throw("set_from_related can't handle ".$cond->{$key}." as value")
+    $self->throw_exception("set_from_related can't handle ".$cond->{$key}." as value")
       unless $cond->{$key} =~ m/^self\.([^\.]+)$/;
     $self->set_column($1 => $val);
   }
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/BelongsTo.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/BelongsTo.pm
index 093d0be..e146b0a 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/BelongsTo.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/BelongsTo.pm
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ sub belongs_to {
   my ($class, $rel, $f_class, $cond, $attrs) = @_;
   eval "require $f_class";
   if ($@) {
-    $class->throw($@) unless $@ =~ /Can't locate/;
+    $class->throw_exception($@) unless $@ =~ /Can't locate/;
   }
 
   my %f_primaries;
@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@ sub belongs_to {
   
   # single key relationship
   if (!ref $cond) {
-    $class->throw("Can't infer join condition for ${rel} on ${class}; unable to load ${f_class}")
+    $class->throw_exception("Can't infer join condition for ${rel} on ${class}; unable to load ${f_class}")
       unless $f_loaded;
 
     my ($pri, $too_many) = keys %f_primaries;
-    $class->throw("Can't infer join condition for ${rel} on ${class}; ${f_class} has no primary keys")
+    $class->throw_exception("Can't infer join condition for ${rel} on ${class}; ${f_class} has no primary keys")
       unless defined $pri;      
-    $class->throw("Can't infer join condition for ${rel} on ${class}; ${f_class} has multiple primary key")
+    $class->throw_exception("Can't infer join condition for ${rel} on ${class}; ${f_class} has multiple primary key")
       if $too_many;      
 
     my $fk = defined $cond ? $cond : $rel;
-    $class->throw("Can't infer join condition for ${rel} on ${class}; $fk is not a column")
+    $class->throw_exception("Can't infer join condition for ${rel} on ${class}; $fk is not a column")
       unless $class->has_column($fk);
 
     my $acc_type = $class->has_column($rel) ? 'filter' : 'single';
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ sub belongs_to {
     );
   }
   else {
-    $class->throw('third argument for belongs_to must be undef, a column name, or a join condition');
+    $class->throw_exception('third argument for belongs_to must be undef, a column name, or a join condition');
   }
   return 1;
 }
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/HasMany.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/HasMany.pm
index fdf5dd6..716c292 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/HasMany.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/HasMany.pm
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ sub has_many {
     
   eval "require $f_class";
   if ($@) {
-    $class->throw($@) unless $@ =~ /Can't locate/;
+    $class->throw_exception($@) unless $@ =~ /Can't locate/;
   }
 
   unless (ref $cond) {
     my ($pri, $too_many) = $class->primary_columns;
-    $class->throw( "has_many can only infer join for a single primary key; ${class} has more" )
+    $class->throw_exception( "has_many can only infer join for a single primary key; ${class} has more" )
       if $too_many;
     my $f_key;
     my $f_class_loaded = eval { $f_class->columns };
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ sub has_many {
       $f_key = lc $1; # go ahead and guess; best we can do
       $guess = "using our class name '$class' as foreign key";
     }
-    $class->throw("No such column ${f_key} on foreign class ${f_class} ($guess)")
+    $class->throw_exception("No such column ${f_key} on foreign class ${f_class} ($guess)")
       if $f_class_loaded && !$f_class->has_column($f_key);
     $cond = { "foreign.${f_key}" => "self.${pri}" },
   }
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/HasOne.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/HasOne.pm
index bca5e5b..66662c9 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/HasOne.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Relationship/HasOne.pm
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ sub _has_one {
   my ($class, $join_type, $rel, $f_class, $cond, $attrs) = @_;
   eval "require $f_class";
   if ($@) {
-    $class->throw($@) unless $@ =~ /Can't locate/;
+    $class->throw_exception($@) unless $@ =~ /Can't locate/;
   }
 
   unless (ref $cond) {
     my ($pri, $too_many) = $class->primary_columns;
-    $class->throw( "might_have/has_one can only infer join for a single primary key; ${class} has more" )
+    $class->throw_exception( "might_have/has_one can only infer join for a single primary key; ${class} has more" )
       if $too_many;
     my $f_key;
     my $f_class_loaded = eval { $f_class->columns };
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ sub _has_one {
       $guess = "using given relationship '$rel' for foreign key";
     } else {
       ($f_key, $too_many) = $f_class->primary_columns;
-      $class->throw( "might_have/has_one can only infer join for a single primary key; ${f_class} has more" )
+      $class->throw_exception( "might_have/has_one can only infer join for a single primary key; ${f_class} has more" )
         if $too_many;
       $guess = "using primary key of foreign class for foreign key";
     }
-    $class->throw("No such column ${f_key} on foreign class ${f_class} ($guess)")
+    $class->throw_exception("No such column ${f_key} on foreign class ${f_class} ($guess)")
       if $f_class_loaded && !$f_class->has_column($f_key);
     $cond = { "foreign.${f_key}" => "self.${pri}" };
   }
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSet.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSet.pm
index 4546c1f..e696555 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSet.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSet.pm
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package DBIx::Class::ResultSet;
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use Carp qw/croak/;
 use overload
         '0+'     => 'count',
         'bool'   => sub { 1; },
@@ -10,6 +9,10 @@ use overload
 use Data::Page;
 use Storable;
 
+use base qw/DBIx::Class/;
+__PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/AccessorGroup/);
+__PACKAGE__->mk_group_accessors('simple' => 'result_source');
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 DBIx::Class::ResultSet - Responsible for fetching and creating resultset.
@@ -117,7 +120,7 @@ sub new {
     $attrs->{offset} += ($attrs->{rows} * ($attrs->{page} - 1));
   }
   my $new = {
-    source => $source,
+    result_source => $source,
     cond => $attrs->{where},
     from => $attrs->{from},
     count => undef,
@@ -161,7 +164,7 @@ sub search {
     $attrs->{where} = $where;
   }
 
-  my $rs = (ref $self)->new($self->{source}, $attrs);
+  my $rs = (ref $self)->new($self->result_source, $attrs);
 
   return (wantarray ? $rs->all : $rs);
 }
@@ -208,15 +211,15 @@ sub find {
   my ($self, @vals) = @_;
   my $attrs = (@vals > 1 && ref $vals[$#vals] eq 'HASH' ? pop(@vals) : {});
 
-  my @cols = $self->{source}->primary_columns;
+  my @cols = $self->result_source->primary_columns;
   if (exists $attrs->{key}) {
-    my %uniq = $self->{source}->unique_constraints;
+    my %uniq = $self->result_source->unique_constraints;
     $self->( "Unknown key " . $attrs->{key} . " on " . $self->name )
       unless exists $uniq{$attrs->{key}};
     @cols = @{ $uniq{$attrs->{key}} };
   }
   #use Data::Dumper; warn Dumper($attrs, @vals, @cols);
-  $self->{source}->result_class->throw( "Can't find unless a primary key or unique constraint is defined" )
+  $self->throw_exception( "Can't find unless a primary key or unique constraint is defined" )
     unless @cols;
 
   my $query;
@@ -229,10 +232,6 @@ sub find {
     $query = {@vals};
   }
   #warn Dumper($query);
-  # Useless -> disabled
-  #$self->{source}->result_class->throw( "Can't find unless all primary keys are specified" )
-  #  unless (keys %$query >= @pk); # If we check 'em we run afoul of uc/lc
-                                  # column names etc. Not sure what to do yet
   return $self->search($query)->next;
 }
 
@@ -247,12 +246,12 @@ records.
 
 sub search_related {
   my ($self, $rel, @rest) = @_;
-  my $rel_obj = $self->{source}->relationship_info($rel);
-  $self->{source}->result_class->throw(
+  my $rel_obj = $self->result_source->relationship_info($rel);
+  $self->throw_exception(
     "No such relationship ${rel} in search_related")
       unless $rel_obj;
   my $rs = $self->search(undef, { join => $rel });
-  return $self->{source}->schema->resultset($rel_obj->{class}
+  return $self->result_source->schema->resultset($rel_obj->{class}
            )->search( undef,
              { %{$rs->{attrs}},
                alias => $rel,
@@ -269,10 +268,10 @@ Returns a storage-driven cursor to the given resultset.
 
 sub cursor {
   my ($self) = @_;
-  my ($source, $attrs) = @{$self}{qw/source attrs/};
+  my ($attrs) = $self->{attrs};
   $attrs = { %$attrs };
   return $self->{cursor}
-    ||= $source->storage->select($self->{from}, $attrs->{select},
+    ||= $self->result_source->storage->select($self->{from}, $attrs->{select},
           $attrs->{where},$attrs);
 }
 
@@ -309,7 +308,7 @@ sub slice {
   $attrs->{offset} ||= 0;
   $attrs->{offset} += $min;
   $attrs->{rows} = ($max ? ($max - $min + 1) : 1);
-  my $slice = (ref $self)->new($self->{source}, $attrs);
+  my $slice = (ref $self)->new($self->result_source, $attrs);
   return (wantarray ? $slice->all : $slice);
 }
 
@@ -349,13 +348,20 @@ sub _construct_object {
     $target->[0]->{$col} = shift @row;
   }
   #use Data::Dumper; warn Dumper(\@as, $info);
-  my $new = $self->{source}->result_class->inflate_result(
-              $self->{source}, @$info);
+  my $new = $self->result_source->result_class->inflate_result(
+              $self->result_source, @$info);
   $new = $self->{attrs}{record_filter}->($new)
     if exists $self->{attrs}{record_filter};
   return $new;
 }
 
+=head2 result_source 
+
+Returns a reference to the result source for this recordset.
+
+=cut
+
+
 =head2 count
 
 Performs an SQL C<COUNT> with the same query as the resultset was built
@@ -367,7 +373,9 @@ on the resultset and counts the results of that.
 sub count {
   my $self = shift;
   return $self->search(@_)->count if @_ && defined $_[0];
-  croak "Unable to ->count with a GROUP BY" if defined $self->{attrs}{group_by};
+  $self->throw_exception(
+    "Unable to ->count with a GROUP BY" 
+  ) if defined $self->{attrs}{group_by};
   unless (defined $self->{count}) {
     my $attrs = { %{ $self->{attrs} },
                   select => { 'count' => '*' },
@@ -375,7 +383,7 @@ sub count {
     # offset, order by and page are not needed to count. record_filter is cdbi
     delete $attrs->{$_} for qw/rows offset order_by page pager record_filter/;
         
-    ($self->{count}) = (ref $self)->new($self->{source}, $attrs)->cursor->next;
+    ($self->{count}) = (ref $self)->new($self->result_source, $attrs)->cursor->next;
   }
   return 0 unless $self->{count};
   my $count = $self->{count};
@@ -436,9 +444,9 @@ Sets the specified columns in the resultset to the supplied values.
 
 sub update {
   my ($self, $values) = @_;
-  croak "Values for update must be a hash" unless ref $values eq 'HASH';
-  return $self->{source}->storage->update(
-           $self->{source}->from, $values, $self->{cond});
+  $self->throw_exception("Values for update must be a hash") unless ref $values eq 'HASH';
+  return $self->result_source->storage->update(
+           $self->result_source->from, $values, $self->{cond});
 }
 
 =head2 update_all(\%values)
@@ -450,7 +458,7 @@ will run cascade triggers while L</update> will not.
 
 sub update_all {
   my ($self, $values) = @_;
-  croak "Values for update must be a hash" unless ref $values eq 'HASH';
+  $self->throw_exception("Values for update must be a hash") unless ref $values eq 'HASH';
   foreach my $obj ($self->all) {
     $obj->set_columns($values)->update;
   }
@@ -465,7 +473,7 @@ Deletes the contents of the resultset from its result source.
 
 sub delete {
   my ($self) = @_;
-  $self->{source}->storage->delete($self->{source}->from, $self->{cond});
+  $self->result_source->storage->delete($self->result_source->from, $self->{cond});
   return 1;
 }
 
@@ -492,7 +500,7 @@ sense for queries with a C<page> attribute.
 sub pager {
   my ($self) = @_;
   my $attrs = $self->{attrs};
-  croak "Can't create pager for non-paged rs" unless $self->{page};
+  $self->throw_exception("Can't create pager for non-paged rs") unless $self->{page};
   $attrs->{rows} ||= 10;
   $self->count;
   return $self->{pager} ||= Data::Page->new(
@@ -509,7 +517,7 @@ sub page {
   my ($self, $page) = @_;
   my $attrs = { %{$self->{attrs}} };
   $attrs->{page} = $page;
-  return (ref $self)->new($self->{source}, $attrs);
+  return (ref $self)->new($self->result_source, $attrs);
 }
 
 =head2 new_result(\%vals)
@@ -520,17 +528,17 @@ Creates a result in the resultset's result class.
 
 sub new_result {
   my ($self, $values) = @_;
-  $self->{source}->result_class->throw( "new_result needs a hash" )
+  $self->throw_exception( "new_result needs a hash" )
     unless (ref $values eq 'HASH');
-  $self->{source}->result_class->throw( "Can't abstract implicit construct, condition not a hash" )
+  $self->throw_exception( "Can't abstract implicit construct, condition not a hash" )
     if ($self->{cond} && !(ref $self->{cond} eq 'HASH'));
   my %new = %$values;
   my $alias = $self->{attrs}{alias};
   foreach my $key (keys %{$self->{cond}||{}}) {
     $new{$1} = $self->{cond}{$key} if ($key =~ m/^(?:$alias\.)?([^\.]+)$/);
   }
-  my $obj = $self->{source}->result_class->new(\%new);
-  $obj->result_source($self->{source}) if $obj->can('result_source');
+  my $obj = $self->result_source->result_class->new(\%new);
+  $obj->result_source($self->result_source) if $obj->can('result_source');
   $obj;
 }
 
@@ -544,7 +552,7 @@ Effectively a shortcut for C<< ->new_result(\%vals)->insert >>.
 
 sub create {
   my ($self, $attrs) = @_;
-  $self->{source}->result_class->throw( "create needs a hashref" ) unless ref $attrs eq 'HASH';
+  $self->throw_exception( "create needs a hashref" ) unless ref $attrs eq 'HASH';
   return $self->new_result($attrs)->insert;
 }
 
@@ -622,7 +630,7 @@ sub update_or_create {
   my $attrs = (@_ > 1 && ref $_[$#_] eq 'HASH' ? pop(@_) : {});
   my $hash  = ref $_[0] eq "HASH" ? shift : {@_};
 
-  my %unique_constraints = $self->{source}->unique_constraints;
+  my %unique_constraints = $self->result_source->unique_constraints;
   my @constraint_names   = (exists $attrs->{key}
                             ? ($attrs->{key})
                             : keys %unique_constraints);
@@ -655,6 +663,17 @@ sub update_or_create {
   return $row;
 }
 
+=head2 throw_exception
+
+See Schema's throw_exception
+
+=cut
+
+sub throw_exception {
+  my $self=shift;
+  $self->result_source->schema->throw_exception(@_);
+}
+
 =head1 ATTRIBUTES
 
 The resultset takes various attributes that modify its behavior. Here's an
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSource.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSource.pm
index b4dbfd3..dcc57ad 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSource.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSource.pm
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 
 use DBIx::Class::ResultSet;
-
-use Carp qw/croak/;
+use Carp::Clan qw/^DBIx::Class/;
 
 use Storable;
 
@@ -109,7 +108,8 @@ Returns the column metadata hashref for a column.
 
 sub column_info {
   my ($self, $column) = @_;
-  croak "No such column $column" unless exists $self->_columns->{$column};
+  $self->throw_exception("No such column $column") 
+    unless exists $self->_columns->{$column};
   if ( (! $self->_columns->{$column}->{data_type})
        && $self->schema && $self->storage() ){
       my $info;
@@ -137,8 +137,9 @@ Returns all column names in the order they were declared to add_columns
 =cut
 
 sub columns {
-  croak "columns() is a read-only accessor, did you mean add_columns()?" if (@_ > 1);
-  return @{shift->{_ordered_columns}||[]};
+  my $self=shift;
+  $self->throw_exception("columns() is a read-only accessor, did you mean add_columns()?") if (@_ > 1);
+  return @{$self->{_ordered_columns}||[]};
 }
 
 =head2 set_primary_key(@cols)
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ sub set_primary_key {
   my ($self, @cols) = @_;
   # check if primary key columns are valid columns
   for (@cols) {
-    $self->throw("No such column $_ on table ".$self->name)
+    $self->throw_exception("No such column $_ on table ".$self->name)
       unless $self->has_column($_);
   }
   $self->_primaries(\@cols);
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ sub add_unique_constraint {
   my ($self, $name, $cols) = @_;
 
   for (@$cols) {
-    $self->throw("No such column $_ on table ".$self->name)
+    $self->throw_exception("No such column $_ on table ".$self->name)
       unless $self->has_column($_);
   }
 
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ created, which calls C<create_related> for the relationship.
 
 sub add_relationship {
   my ($self, $rel, $f_source_name, $cond, $attrs) = @_;
-  croak "Can't create relationship without join condition" unless $cond;
+  $self->throw_exception("Can't create relationship without join condition") unless $cond;
   $attrs ||= {};
 
   my %rels = %{ $self->_relationships };
@@ -311,7 +312,7 @@ sub add_relationship {
   if ($@) { # If the resolve failed, back out and re-throw the error
     delete $rels{$rel}; # 
     $self->_relationships(\%rels);
-    croak "Error creating relationship $rel: $@";
+    $self->throw_exception("Error creating relationship $rel: $@");
   }
   1;
 }
@@ -363,10 +364,10 @@ sub resolve_join {
                  $self->related_source($_)->resolve_join($join->{$_}, $_) }
            keys %$join;
   } elsif (ref $join) {
-    croak ("No idea how to resolve join reftype ".ref $join);
+    $self->throw_exception("No idea how to resolve join reftype ".ref $join);
   } else {
     my $rel_info = $self->relationship_info($join);
-    croak("No such relationship ${join}") unless $rel_info;
+    $self->throw_exception("No such relationship ${join}") unless $rel_info;
     my $type = $rel_info->{attrs}{join_type} || '';
     return [ { $join => $self->related_source($join)->from,
                -join_type => $type },
@@ -389,8 +390,8 @@ sub resolve_condition {
     my %ret;
     while (my ($k, $v) = each %{$cond}) {
       # XXX should probably check these are valid columns
-      $k =~ s/^foreign\.// || croak "Invalid rel cond key ${k}";
-      $v =~ s/^self\.// || croak "Invalid rel cond val ${v}";
+      $k =~ s/^foreign\.// || $self->throw_exception("Invalid rel cond key ${k}");
+      $v =~ s/^self\.// || $self->throw_exception("Invalid rel cond val ${v}");
       if (ref $for) { # Object
         #warn "$self $k $for $v";
         $ret{$k} = $for->get_column($v);
@@ -469,11 +470,11 @@ sub resolve_prefetch {
     return @ret;
   }
   elsif( ref $pre ) {
-    croak( "don't know how to resolve prefetch reftype " . ref $pre);
+    $self->throw_exception( "don't know how to resolve prefetch reftype " . ref $pre);
   }
   else {
     my $rel_info = $self->relationship_info( $pre );
-    croak( $self->name . " has no such relationship '$pre'" ) unless $rel_info;
+    $self->throw_exception( $self->name . " has no such relationship '$pre'" ) unless $rel_info;
     my $prefix = $alias && $alias ne 'me' ? "$alias.$pre" : $pre;
     my @ret = map { "$prefix.$_" } $self->related_source($pre)->columns;
     #warn $alias, Dumper (\@ret);
@@ -490,13 +491,29 @@ Returns the result source for the given relationship
 sub related_source {
   my ($self, $rel) = @_;
   if( !$self->has_relationship( $rel ) ) {
-    croak "No such relationship '$rel'";
+    $self->throw_exception("No such relationship '$rel'");
   }
   return $self->schema->source($self->relationship_info($rel)->{source});
 }
 
 1;
 
+=head2 throw_exception
+
+See schema's throw_exception
+
+=cut
+
+sub throw_exception {
+  my $self = shift;
+  if (defined $self->schema) { 
+    $self->schema->throw_exception(@_);
+  } else {
+    croak(@_);
+  }
+}
+
+
 =head1 AUTHORS
 
 Matt S. Trout <mst@shadowcatsystems.co.uk>
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Row.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/Row.pm
index 26b0c14..8a4bfc9 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Row.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Row.pm
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ package DBIx::Class::Row;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-use Carp qw/croak/;
-
 use base qw/DBIx::Class/;
+use Carp::Clan qw/^DBIx::Class/;
 
 __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/AccessorGroup/);
 
@@ -37,9 +36,9 @@ sub new {
   $class = ref $class if ref $class;
   my $new = bless({ _column_data => { } }, $class);
   if ($attrs) {
-    $new->throw("attrs must be a hashref" ) unless ref($attrs) eq 'HASH';
+    $new->throw_exception("attrs must be a hashref" ) unless ref($attrs) eq 'HASH';
     while (my ($k, $v) = each %{$attrs}) {
-      croak "No such column $k on $class" unless $class->has_column($k);
+      $new->throw_exception("No such column $k on $class") unless $class->has_column($k);
       $new->store_column($k => $v);
     }
   }
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ sub insert {
   $self->{result_source} ||= $self->result_source_instance
     if $self->can('result_source_instance');
   my $source = $self->{result_source};
-  croak "No result_source set on this object; can't insert" unless $source;
+  $self->throw_exception("No result_source set on this object; can't insert") unless $source;
   #use Data::Dumper; warn Dumper($self);
   $source->storage->insert($source->from, { $self->get_columns });
   $self->in_storage(1);
@@ -96,15 +95,15 @@ UPDATE query to commit any changes to the object to the db if required.
 
 sub update {
   my ($self, $upd) = @_;
-  $self->throw( "Not in database" ) unless $self->in_storage;
+  $self->throw_exception( "Not in database" ) unless $self->in_storage;
   my %to_update = $self->get_dirty_columns;
   return $self unless keys %to_update;
   my $rows = $self->result_source->storage->update(
                $self->result_source->from, \%to_update, $self->ident_condition);
   if ($rows == 0) {
-    $self->throw( "Can't update ${self}: row not found" );
+    $self->throw_exception( "Can't update ${self}: row not found" );
   } elsif ($rows > 1) {
-    $self->throw("Can't update ${self}: updated more than one row");
+    $self->throw_exception("Can't update ${self}: updated more than one row");
   }
   $self->{_dirty_columns} = {};
   return $self;
@@ -123,12 +122,12 @@ be re ->insert'ed before it can be ->update'ed
 sub delete {
   my $self = shift;
   if (ref $self) {
-    $self->throw( "Not in database" ) unless $self->in_storage;
+    $self->throw_exception( "Not in database" ) unless $self->in_storage;
     $self->result_source->storage->delete(
       $self->result_source->from, $self->ident_condition);
     $self->in_storage(undef);
   } else {
-    croak "Can't do class delete without a ResultSource instance"
+    $self->throw_exception("Can't do class delete without a ResultSource instance")
       unless $self->can('result_source_instance');
     my $attrs = { };
     if (@_ > 1 && ref $_[$#_] eq 'HASH') {
@@ -152,10 +151,10 @@ the database and stored in the object.
 
 sub get_column {
   my ($self, $column) = @_;
-  $self->throw( "Can't fetch data as class method" ) unless ref $self;
+  $self->throw_exception( "Can't fetch data as class method" ) unless ref $self;
   return $self->{_column_data}{$column}
     if exists $self->{_column_data}{$column};
-  $self->throw( "No such column '${column}'" ) unless $self->has_column($column);
+  $self->throw_exception( "No such column '${column}'" ) unless $self->has_column($column);
   return undef;
 }
 
@@ -246,9 +245,9 @@ Sets a column value without marking it as dirty.
 
 sub store_column {
   my ($self, $column, $value) = @_;
-  $self->throw( "No such column '${column}'" ) 
+  $self->throw_exception( "No such column '${column}'" ) 
     unless exists $self->{_column_data}{$column} || $self->has_column($column);
-  $self->throw( "set_column called for ${column} without value" ) 
+  $self->throw_exception( "set_column called for ${column} without value" ) 
     if @_ < 3;
   return $self->{_column_data}{$column} = $value;
 }
@@ -272,11 +271,11 @@ sub inflate_result {
   my $schema;
   PRE: foreach my $pre (keys %{$prefetch||{}}) {
     my $pre_source = $source->related_source($pre);
-    croak "Can't prefetch non-existant relationship ${pre}" unless $pre_source;
+    $class->throw_exception("Can't prefetch non-existant relationship ${pre}") unless $pre_source;
     my $fetched = $pre_source->result_class->inflate_result(
                     $pre_source, @{$prefetch->{$pre}});
     my $accessor = $source->relationship_info($pre)->{attrs}{accessor};
-    $class->throw("No accessor for prefetched $pre")
+    $class->throw_exception("No accessor for prefetched $pre")
       unless defined $accessor;
     PRIMARY: foreach my $pri ($pre_source->primary_columns) {
       unless (defined $fetched->get_column($pri)) {
@@ -289,7 +288,7 @@ sub inflate_result {
     } elsif ($accessor eq 'filter') {
       $new->{_inflated_column}{$pre} = $fetched;
     } else {
-      $class->throw("Don't know how to store prefetched $pre");
+      $class->throw_exception("Don't know how to store prefetched $pre");
     }
   }
   return $new;
@@ -333,6 +332,22 @@ sub register_column {
   $class->mk_group_accessors('column' => $col);
 }
 
+
+=item throw_exception
+
+See Schema's throw_exception.
+
+=cut
+
+sub throw_exception {
+  my $self=shift;
+  if (ref $self && ref $self->result_source) {
+    $self->result_source->schema->throw_exception(@_);
+  } else {
+    croak(@_);
+  }
+}
+
 1;
 
 =head1 AUTHORS
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Schema.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/Schema.pm
index bfc27cd..787a018 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Schema.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Schema.pm
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@ package DBIx::Class::Schema;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-use Carp qw/croak/;
+use Carp::Clan qw/^DBIx::Class/;
 use UNIVERSAL::require;
 
 use base qw/DBIx::Class/;
 
-__PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/Exception/);
 __PACKAGE__->mk_classdata('class_mappings' => {});
 __PACKAGE__->mk_classdata('source_registrations' => {});
 __PACKAGE__->mk_classdata('storage_type' => '::DBI');
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ sub source {
 
   # if we got here, they probably passed a full class name
   my $mapped = $self->class_mappings->{$moniker};
-  croak "Can't find source for ${moniker}"
+  $self->throw_exception("Can't find source for ${moniker}")
     unless $mapped && exists $sreg->{$mapped};
   return $sreg->{$mapped};
 }
@@ -185,7 +184,7 @@ sub load_classes {
     }
   } else {
     eval "require Module::Find;";
-    $class->throw("No arguments to load_classes and couldn't load".
+    $class->throw_exception("No arguments to load_classes and couldn't load".
       " Module::Find ($@)") if $@;
     my @comp = map { substr $_, length "${class}::"  } Module::Find::findallmod($class);
     $comps_for{$class} = \@comp;
@@ -344,6 +343,17 @@ sub clone {
   return $clone;
 }
 
+=item throw_exception
+
+Defaults to using Carp::Clan to report errors from user perspective.
+
+=cut
+
+sub throw_exception {
+  my ($self) = shift;
+  croak @_;
+}
+
 1;
 
 =head1 AUTHORS
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI.pm
index 47f88df..0989880 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI.pm
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use DBI;
 use SQL::Abstract::Limit;
 use DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Cursor;
 use IO::File;
+use Carp::Clan qw/DBIx::Class/;
 
 BEGIN {
 
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ sub new {
   $new->transaction_depth(0);
   if (defined($ENV{DBIX_CLASS_STORAGE_DBI_DEBUG}) &&
      ($ENV{DBIX_CLASS_STORAGE_DBI_DEBUG} =~ /=(.+)$/)) {
-    $new->debugfh(IO::File->new($1, 'w')||die "Cannot open trace file $1");
+    $new->debugfh(IO::File->new($1, 'w')||croak "Cannot open trace file $1");
   } else {
     $new->debugfh(IO::File->new('>&STDERR'));
   }
@@ -280,13 +281,18 @@ sub _execute {
   $self->debugfh->print("$sql: @bind\n") if $self->debug;
   my $sth = $self->sth($sql,$op);
   @bind = map { ref $_ ? ''.$_ : $_ } @bind; # stringify args
-  my $rv = $sth->execute(@bind);
+  my $rv;
+  if ($sth) {  
+    $rv = $sth->execute(@bind);
+  } else { 
+    croak "'$sql' did not generate a statement.";
+  }
   return (wantarray ? ($rv, $sth, @bind) : $rv);
 }
 
 sub insert {
   my ($self, $ident, $to_insert) = @_;
-  $self->throw( "Couldn't insert ".join(', ', map "$_ => $to_insert->{$_}", keys %$to_insert)." into ${ident}" )
+  croak( "Couldn't insert ".join(', ', map "$_ => $to_insert->{$_}", keys %$to_insert)." into ${ident}" )
     unless ($self->_execute('insert' => [], $ident, $to_insert));
   return $to_insert;
 }
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/UUIDColumns.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/UUIDColumns.pm
index 2d5baec..1873c90 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/UUIDColumns.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/UUIDColumns.pm
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package DBIx::Class::UUIDColumns;
 use base qw/DBIx::Class/;
 
-use Carp qw/croak/;
-
 use Data::UUID;
 
 __PACKAGE__->mk_classdata( 'uuid_auto_columns' => [] );
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ Note that the component needs to be loaded before Core.
 sub uuid_columns {
     my $self = shift;
     for (@_) {
-	croak "column $_ doesn't exist" unless $self->has_column($_);
+	$self->throw_exception("column $_ doesn't exist") unless $self->has_column($_);
     }
     $self->uuid_auto_columns(\@_);
 }
diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Validation.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/Validation.pm
index a3b7171..b51c9c8 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Validation.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Validation.pm
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 
 use base qw( DBIx::Class );
-use Carp qw( croak );
 use English qw( -no_match_vars );
 
 #local $^W = 0; # Silence C:D:I redefined sub errors.
@@ -21,8 +20,8 @@ sub validation_module {
     my $module = shift;
     
     eval("use $module");
-    croak("Unable to load the validation module '$module' because $EVAL_ERROR") if ($EVAL_ERROR);
-    croak("The '$module' module does not support the check method") if (!$module->can('check'));
+    $class->throw_exception("Unable to load the validation module '$module' because $EVAL_ERROR") if ($EVAL_ERROR);
+    $class->throw_exception("The '$module' module does not support the check method") if (!$module->can('check'));
     
     $class->_validation_module_accessor( $module );
 }
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ sub validate {
     my $profile = $self->validation_profile();
     my $result = $module->check( \%data => $profile );
     return $result if ($result->success());
-    croak( $result );
+    $self->throw_exception( $result );
 }
 
 sub insert {
diff --git a/t/20setuperrors.t b/t/20setuperrors.t
index 3d36bd4..5144f56 100644
--- a/t/20setuperrors.t
+++ b/t/20setuperrors.t
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ eval {
   __PACKAGE__->columns qw/this doesnt work as expected/;
 };
 
-like($@,qr/^columns\(\) is a read-only/,
+like($@,qr/\bcolumns\(\) is a read-only/,
      "columns() error when apparently misused");