This is quickly becoming my favorite idiom for creating
CGI::scrolling_list (and other form elements ), but I'm wondering if it can be shortened any further?
Essentially, I need a sorted-by-name display. It's not a *major* concern ATM, but I can see those 2 hashes getting large eventually ...
my $sth = $dbh->prepare( "SELECT id, display_name FROM membership "
+ );
my $rawMembers = $dbh->selectall_arrayref( $sth, { Slice => {} } );
my %memberOpts = map { $_->{id} => $_->{display_name} } @$rawMember
+s;
my %memberLookup = reverse %memberOpts;
my $memberWidget = $q->scrolling_list(
-name => 'memberships',
-values => [ @memberLookup{ sort keys %mem
+berLookup } ],
-labels => \%memberOpts,
-default => [],
-multiple => 1,
-size => 5,
);
After I create these little widgets, they're passed off to HTML_TEMPLATE ... i'm more wondering if anyone sees a way to ditch the second copy of the hash.