Geoff Armstrong wrote:
What I'm trying to do here is avoid using <dtml-in, since in order for it to put the object in the namespace it has to iterate over all of them (there could be any number).
All I have at the beginning is the name of the object in the REQUEST part of the namespace as picked up from a form. My method is the action to that form.
In DTML there doesn't seem to be a way of saying, "I have this string with the name of an object, now fetch me the object."
Hi Geoff, Try using _.getitem(), as in: <dtml-let myObject="_.getitem(myId)"> ... <dtml-call myObject.foo> ... </dtml-let> or probably: <dtml-let myObject="_.getitem(REQUEST['myId'])"> If you aren't sure of the existance of the object, wrap the above in: <dtml-if "_.hasattr(this(), REQUEST['myId'])"> </dtml-if> Ivan