gistfile1.js

var model.LineItems = [blah, blah, blah]; // pseudo array declaration
var projects = BB.Collection; // pseudo collection declaration
model.LineItems[1].ProjectNumber = 'xyz'; // an example value for a line item

//in view render function
for (x in model.LineItems) {
  model.LineItems[x].projects = projects;
}


//html in template
<select id="quotesProject">
    {{#select model.ProjectNumber}}
      {{#each projects}}
        <option value="{{Number}}">{{Name}}</option>
      {{/each}}
    {{/select}}
</select>

So you have a collection of models, each of which share the same projects collection?

In this case I'd be tempted to extract this into a separate template:

{{#each projects}}
        <option value="{{Number}}">{{Name}}</option>
{{/each}}

And only render it once, with the projects collection, and then drop it into the model template.

Maybe?

@jackfranklin: Can you nest templates in Handlebars?

@jackfranklin: You can in Meteor and it's such a dream!

You could render one and dump it inside another.

If you use {{{ foo }}} in Handlebars it will dump text out and not escape it.

Doing it that way does at least mean:

• not rendering the same projects for every single model
• no need to do the extra work adding the property to the model