[Catalyst] iterating ResultSet in controller vs. template

[John Napiorkowski]

--- John Goulah <jgoulah at gmail.com> wrote:

> If I do something simple like this:
> 
>      my $myalums  = [
> $c->model('MyDB::Alumni')->search({}, { rows => 20
> })
> ] ;
> 
> and stash it:
>     $c->stash->{alumni} = $myalums;
> 
> I am able to iterate in the template like:
> 
>    [% FOREACH alum IN alumni -%]
>        id: [% alum.alumni_id %]  <br />
>    [% END -%]
> 
> 
> But if I try to iterate this in the controller, I
> cannot do something like:
> 
>     while (my $alum = $myalums->next) {
>         $c->log->debug("id: ". $alum->alumni_id);
>     }

Because ->next isn't a method on an array reference. 
You could try derefing via @$myalumns.

--john

> 
> unless I dont return an anonymous reference like:
> 
>     my $myalums  =
> $c->model('MyDB::Alumni')->search({}, { rows => 20
> }) ;
> 
> then the while loop above works fine, but I dont get
> any output in the
> template.  I'd like to be able to use the iteraters,
> so what am I doing
> wrong here?


> 
> 
> Thanks!
> John
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