[Catalyst] Forcing scalar context in TT?

[Alexander Hartmaier]

http://template-toolkit.org/docs/manual/Plugins.html#section_Scalar
[% USE scalar %]
[% row.scalar.objects.count %]

But as DBIx::Class provides you with scalar-only _rs methods for
everything I use those instead.

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Best regards, Alex


On Thu, 2010-12-23 at 18:04 +0100, Sam Kaufman wrote:
> You *could* do [% row.objects_rs.count %] to force resultset context.
> However, the fact that it's such a pain in the ass should tell you
> that you're doing something in the view that shouldn't be done there.
> Just stash the count from the controller, and you won't have to worry
> about scalar context ;)
>
> On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Moritz Onken
> <onken at houseofdesign.de> wrote:
>         Use Template::Alloy and do
>
>         [% $(row.objects).count %]
>
>         Am 23.12.2010 um 16:53 schrieb Alex Povolotsky:
>
>
>         > Hello!
>         >
>         > I'm writing an application that needs to count some related
>         objects
>         >
>         > [% row.objects.count %] results in "select * from objects"
>         > [% row.objects.scalar.count %] yields an error
>         > [% row.search_related_rs('objects').count %] is UGLY
>         >
>         > Do I have any better solution?
>         >
>         > Alex.
>         >
>         >
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