How to implement the pagination within an ajax call??

[eluser]123wesweat[/eluser]
Hi,

Finally got an ajax div working with a couple of search filters, but now i am stuck with the pagination??

First off, i don't know if i am using the ajax the right way. But here's my setup

template.php with the jquery ajax javascript and a simple php if statement to check if there is a table of search results otherwise just show a overview.

This is the javascript part

Code:

function generate_query(){
    frm=document.forms["filterjobs"];
    qry="runquery=1";
    for(z=0;z<frm.elements.length;z++){
        if(frm.elements[z].type=="select-one" && frm.elements[z].options.selectedIndex>0){
            qry += "&" + frm.elements[z].name + "=" + frm.elements[z].options[frm.elements[z].options.selectedIndex].value;
        }
    }
    //ajax querystring
    alert(qry);
    
    $.ajax({
       type: "POST",
       url: "jobs/ajaxSearchJobs",
       data: qry,
       beforeSend: function() { $('#wait').show(); },
           complete: function() { $('#wait').hide(); },
       success: function(msg){
         alert( "Data Saved: " + msg );
         $('#searchResult').html(msg); // Fill the search results box
       }
     });
    //end search result
}

model simply retrieves the data with multiple %like%

controller jobs has this method

Code:

function ajaxSearchJobs() {
        $runquery = isset($_POST['runquery']) ? $_POST['runquery'] :'';
        $searchItemA= isset($_POST['searchItemA']) ? $_POST['searchItemA'] :'';
$searchItemB= isset($_POST['searchItemB']) ? $_POST['searchItemB'] :'';
$searchItemC= isset($_POST['searchItemC']) ? $_POST['searchItemC'] :'';
$searchItemD= isset($_POST['searchItemD']) ? $_POST['searchItemD'] :'';
        if($runquery==1) {
            //search the DB
            $data['jobsfound'] = $this->jobs_model->filter_jobs($runquery, $searchItemA,$searchItemB,$searchItemC,$searchItemD);
            $data['tableResult'] = $this->load->view('vacatures/view_filter_results', $data, TRUE);
            //for ajax we just need to echo???
            echo $data['tableResult'];
            //$this->load->view('jobs/template', $data);//<-we don't need this
        } else {
            //not direct access
            echo "No direct search";
        }
    }

But now i need to get the pagination to work in template.php?? As i am not using

Code:

$this->load->view('jobs/template_jobs', $data)

i am confused how i can get

Code:

$this->pagination->initialize($config);

to work in template.php

Any tips, suggestions