<?php
        public function index() {
                $pager = new Data_Pager('category');

                /* i want to avoid this */
                if ( $current_sort = $pager->current_sort() ) {
                        $data = ORM::factory('category')->orderby($current_sort->column, $current_sort->direction)->find_all($pager->rpp(), $pager->offset());
                } else {
                        $data = ORM::factory('category')->find_all($pager->rpp(), $pager->offset());
                }

                $view = new View('category_list');

                $view->categories = $data;
                $view->pager      = $pager;

                //echo $view->render(TRUE);
                $mod = new Ajax_Response;
                $mod->add_item ( 'replace', '#inner', $view->render() )
                    ->add_item ( 'replace', '#title', 'Listing Categories' )
                    ->render (TRUE);
        }

?>