[Catalyst] HTML::Prototype - extra context in the search

[Andreas Marienborg]

On 15. nov. 2005, at 15.53, Chisel Wright wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm having some success with HTML::Prototype in my CatApp.
>
> I have a sub that does:
>
>   my $complete_campaign = $c->req->params->{complete_campaign};
>   $campaign_class->search(
>     name        => {
> 		'ilike',    "%${complete_campaign}%",
> 	},
>   );
>
> I'd like to be able to refine the search by using information from the
> page/stash, something like:
>
>   client_id => $c->stash->{current_client}->id()
>
>
> The thing is I'm not sure how to pass this information through to the
> autocomplete function.
>
> Ideally I'd use $c somehow, as I'd prefer not to read the client_id  
> from
> a value passed in from the web-page/javascript.
>
> Any pointers, or examples I can look at?
>

that depends on what populates your $c. If it is populated correctly  
on ajax-requests, you should be able to just use $c where you build  
your return value for the ajax-request.

if you use the helpers, I'm not sure where you would pass it in, or  
how they could be expected to use it.

andreas