Hey Jonathan, All, Thanks I tried your solution, but it doesn't seem to work. Can anybody shed some more light on this situation, since what Jonathan provides is exactly what I want to do, but it's not working. Am I forgetting to put parameteres or some other newbie mistake like that? Thanks in advance and thanks again Jonathan. -Muk On 8/17/06, Jonathan <dev101@magma.ca> wrote:
Form variables are stored in REQUEST. In a python script you gain access to REQUEST by:
REQUEST = container.REQUEST you can then access the form variables by:
fname = REQUEST['first_name']
you can check for the presence of a form variable by
if REQUEST.has_key('first_name'):
or
if REQUEST.get('first_name', None):
hth
Jonathan
----- Original Message ----- *From:* Muk Yan <myan@umich.edu> *To:* zope@zope.org *Sent:* Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:57 PM *Subject:* [Zope] Python Scripts and HTML Forms
Dear Trusted Zope Zealots,
This subject was a bit too broad to do a google search on, because I've tried and the lack of relevancy was astounding.
I've probably been committing a cardinal sin in DTML, but I couldn't figure any other work around.
I have an HTML form in a DTML Document say:
<form action="process_this_form" method="post"
Name:<input type="text" name:"first_name">
</form>
I want to use "first_name" in a python script, but what I've been doing is setting it in the process_this_form, which is a DTML method:
DTML Method, process_this_form: <dtml-call "REQUEST.SESSION.set ('firstName', first_name)> <dtml-call "this_is_a_python_script()">
and in the Python Script, this_is_a_python_script I use REQUEST.SESSION.get('firstName')
What my question is, is there anyway to directly access "first_name" from the form in the python script without having to have to call the <dtml-call " REQUEST.SESSION.set('firstName', first_name)> and then REQUEST.SESSION.get('firstName') in the python script. Sort of a sophomoric question, but any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
-Muk
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