@Mark,
Kalt suggestion is goof for an element. You could also user an helper
and caching. The helper would check the cached file, if not there or
expired your helper can do a requestAction and cache the results for
future calls.
I use this quite a lot for fetching data for select for example (like
for a category list, not changing every 10 seconds, and avoiding
queries), and manually delete the cache when I update the tables..
hth
On Aug 19, 12:38 am, Kalt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Take a look at the "requestAction" method.
>
> And instead of a helper, I think you'd better use an element.
>
> On 19 août, 00:06, "Mark (Germany)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > I have a helper which needs the "codecats" table data (20-40 rows)
> > everywhere where it is used.
> > i sure could ask for it in the controller:
> > ->list('all')..
> > and pass it the view
> > there i can again pass it to the helper
>
> > but is there
> > a) a way to automatically pass it from the controller to the helper
> > b) directly get the information into the helper (without having to
> > manually query the DB)
>
> > i have thought about using some caching or file-exporting (xml)
> > the helper could read out this file again.
> > but - what kind of backup would there be if the file gets lost somehow
> > (as it is in temp folder the max lifetime may be over some time)?
> > or is this a good practive anyway?
>
> > thats what is bothering me right now
> > as i do not know how to stick to the MVC pattern
>
> > especially because this helper is not bound to specific controllers
> > and may be used quite a lot.
> > so it would be really a huge load of code if i have to do it as
> > described above: controller -> view -> helper
>
> > thx
> > mark
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