=head1 DESCRIPTION
-An FS::part_referral represents a referral - where a customer heard of your
-services. This can be used to track the effectiveness of a particular piece of
-advertising, for example. FS::part_referral inherits from FS::Record. The
-following fields are currently supported:
+An FS::part_referral represents a advertising source - where a customer heard
+of your services. This can be used to track the effectiveness of a particular
+piece of advertising, for example. FS::part_referral inherits from FS::Record.
+The following fields are currently supported:
=over 4
=item refnum - primary key (assigned automatically for new referrals)
-=item referral - Text name of this referral
+=item referral - Text name of this advertising source
=back
+=head1 NOTE
+
+These were called B<referrals> before version 1.4.0 - the name was changed
+so as not to be confused with the new customer-to-customer referrals.
+
=head1 METHODS
=over 4
=item new HASHREF
-Creates a new referral. To add the referral to the database, see L<"insert">.
+Creates a new advertising source. To add the referral to the database, see
+L<"insert">.
=cut
=item insert
-Adds this referral to the database. If there is an error, returns the error,
-otherwise returns false.
+Adds this advertising source to the database. If there is an error, returns
+the error, otherwise returns false.
=item delete
=item check
-Checks all fields to make sure this is a valid referral. If there is an error,
-returns the error, otherwise returns false. Called by the insert and replace
-methods.
+Checks all fields to make sure this is a valid advertising source. If there is
+an error, returns the error, otherwise returns false. Called by the insert and
+replace methods.
=cut
$self->ut_numbern('refnum')
|| $self->ut_text('referral')
+ || $self->SUPER::check
;
}
=back
-=head1 VERSION
-
-$Id: part_referral.pm,v 1.1 1999-08-04 09:03:53 ivan Exp $
-
=head1 BUGS
The delete method is unimplemented.
+`Advertising source'. Yes, it's a sucky name. The only other ones I could
+come up with were "Marketing channel" and "Heard Abouts" and those are
+definately both worse.
+
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<FS::Record>, L<FS::cust_main>, schema.html from the base documentation.