gistfile1.txt

var smarty_cache = {}
function getCachedSmarty(key) {
	// (key is whatever you use to lookup in the DB)
	var template = smarty_cache[key];
	if (!template) {
		template = SQL.getDataRow(query_to_get_template);
		var compiled = smart.compile(template);
		template = {
			template: template,
			compiled: compiled
		};
	smarty_cache[key] = smarty_item;
	}
	return template.compiled;
}

function runSmarty(key, dict) {
	var templateFn = getCachedSmarty(key);
	return templateFn(dict);  // this is the HTML output
}