Chris Withers writes:

I had the following line in a dtml method, x_report, generated by 'Add Z Search Interface': <dtml-in x>

....where x is a ZSQL Method that takes one parameter: sec

Now, when I try to call x_report from a python script, my_ps, as follows:

return container.x_report(context,context.REQUEST,sec='XXX')

....I get the following:

Error Type: Bad Request Error Value: ['sec'] This is an old one....

ZSQL method's do not use the DTML namespace (where you "sec" goes to) to find their arguments: The prototype is as follows: def __call__(self, REQUEST=None, __ick__=None, src__=0, test__=0, **kw) If the second parameter (REQUEST) is passed, it should be a dictionary and it is used to find the parameters. Otherwise, if keywords arguments are provided, the keyword dict is used. Otherwise, "REQUEST" is obtained by acquisition and used. Otherwise, "{}" is used. In the future, Z SQL methods may perhaps use the new "namespace" passing mechanism (feature request for the Locator?). But currently, they behave as said above. Dieter