[FLOW3-general] cannot get objects from repository

[Bastian Waidelich]

Thomas Mammitzsch wrote:

> But i have a question in relation to my intention (auto completion). For
> this use case i want f.e. get all distinct city names which match the
> search term in the table.
> Getting all objects which match is a bit expensive and not handy i think.
> Is there a way to do a native query for that purpose?

Depends on what you actually need, you could always use DQL to fetch raw 
results directly.

Fluid widgets could be interesting for you as well. Did you have a look 
at the provided Autocomplete widget (see [1])? It serves as a base, but 
works quite nicely for simple scenarios. Also see [2] on how to write 
your own Ajax widgets.

Best


[1] 
http://git.typo3.org/FLOW3/Packages/TYPO3.Fluid.git?a=blob;f=Classes/TYPO3/Fluid/ViewHelpers/Widget/AutocompleteViewHelper.php;h=ef889912e2660a63852304363c0150e3b9e38fb9;hb=HEAD
[2] 
http://flow.typo3.org/documentation/guide/partiii/templating.html#widgets

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