On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 05:45:17PM -0700, J. Shirley wrote: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Thanks. I do appreciate this, and its a neat solution, but the problem > > wasnt that i dont know how to put common elements in a base class, the > > problem is that nowhere in the Cat docs, formal or informal, are there any > > examples of doing searches with web apps. > > > > Right, because any solution would be model specific. Which puts it in > the realm of wiki nodes or CatalystX modules that profess preference > for an ORM model.
[...] > Wiki! Wiki! Document what you've done and post on here. Wiki nodes > are a living document and can evolve with time and evolve into better > solutions. > > What you're asking for is more a model, though, not Catalyst (which is > just a framework, no more, no less). I'm about to get on a plane now, but I did want to comment on this thread, as someone at least theoretically concerned with the docs. Though there have now been several responses along J. Shirley's lines, I have to say that I agree with the OP here. It doesn't matter if a search-generation routine is tied to one or another ORM, it should be documented somewhere, as this is a very common task. The docs are very heavily tied to specific elements--most of them assume you're using DBIC; the Tutorial shows the use of DBIC and FormFu; everything shows TT views, etc. If you're using the Rose modules for your DB layer, there's a lot less in the docs; if you're using DFV for forms (as I do) there's not much there; etc. So there's no reason that search can't also be demonstrated using DBIC. So I don't think that showing a basic search example using DBIC would somehow violate the idea of Catalyst-as-framework. I hope the OP does document her ideas on the wiki, and it would be nice if Zbigniew does exend the Advent article. But a short addition to the Tutorial showing a simple search, or a Cookbook entry on this, would, I think, be a Good Thing. Jesse Sheidlower _______________________________________________ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
