On Wed, 02 Apr 2003 21:53:38 +0200, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: <snip/>
>> In that case, we must have an hybrid model where the flow pushed >> information that allows the view to pull its content. E.g. the flow will >> push the parameters of a SQL query which is executed by the view and has >> its result streamed. > > *NO*! > > the view shouldn't execute anything! it's up to the controller to do > stuff, either by connecting to objects directly or by invoquing a > generator before the template system acting as a transformer. But the underlying need is valid. if I've go a 20,000 record report to write out it's going to kill the app if I need to have all those records in memory before processing them. I think this just means that object properties made available to the template should be able to support lazy evaluation. <snip/> -k. -- If you don't test then your code is only a collection of bugs which apparently behave like a working program. Website: http://www.rocketred.com.au/blogs/kevin/
