On 09-Mar-99 Jeffrey P Shell wrote:

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From: julian@zereau.net I need to know how to structure dynamic tabular data (returned from an external method) so that the "in" tag can handle it like it does the results of a SQL method and do automatic variable setting etc.

Just return a sequence of mapping objects (dictionaries) or instances. One thing to note when looping over a sequence of mapping objects with the in tag, the parameter "mapping" must be set.

Okay, I've tried this, I still have problems.

I've made an external method (called "basket") - at the moment it is jury rigged to always return the mapping [{'quantity': '5', 'pcode': 'abc'}]

using the "try it" tab on the method works fine and results in the text string above being sent to the browser

calling <!--#var basket--> gives an error

calling <!--#in basket mapping--> gives an error

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