[Zope] Searching for a generalized key in ZSQL...

2 Aug 1999

      I'm trying to search an SQL table for a key=value where the user gets to 
select the key and the value.  I have a select method on a DTML document to set 
the key and a text input to set the value, but I cannot successfully use them in 
the SQL without getting single quotes around them.
	select *
          from Users
          where <!--#sqlvar searchkey type=string--> =     
            <!--#sqlvar searchvalue type=string-->
        order by <!--#sqlvar searchkey type=string--> 

        And here's what I get:
Error, exceptions.SyntaxError: unexpected token sequence.near :: 
"onald'\012order by"*" 'firstname'"
******************************* current state = 70 expects: 'numeric_literal', 
'user_defined_name',
('nomatch1',) current token = ((-8, 'character_string_literal'), 'firstname') 

SQL used:

select *
from Users
where 'firstname' = 'Donald'
order by 'firstname' 

	Any ideas?  Thanks!
	Donner

[Zope] Searching for a generalized key in ZSQL...

Donald Holten