accessing common data within show function

[Vivek Pathak]

Hi

I would like access common data within my show functions.  What I need 
is very much like accessing common code using the require() function as 
shown here:  http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/CommonJS_Modules.  Instead 
of accessing code, I would like to assign the common data to a local js 
variable.

Is there a simple way to do it?

Thanks
Vivek Pathak