Yvonne, The format of your 'if' is incorrect: You have <:if .....> it should be <dtml-if.....> so the whole statement is as Jens says below. hth Phil phil.harris@zope.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: Jens Grewen To: ytotty@atinucleus.com Cc: Zope Maillist Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 2:51 PM Subject: Re: [Zope] Z SQL Objects (Newbie) Hi, Arguments | team Query template <dtml-if "team == '5'"> select * from data <dtml-else> select * from data </dtml-if> this is normal but may it helps if you post the traceback of the error message Jens Grewen ----- Original Message ----- From: Yvonne Totty To: zope@zope.org Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 3:22 PM Subject: [Zope] Z SQL Objects (Newbie) I have the O'Reilly book, but can't seem to find more complete information on how to do 'if's' in a SQL thing. Here's the scenario: I have three different 'teams' and want to run a call specific to each team. I am passing in three parameters, two of which go in the sql statement, the other goes in the if statement: <:if "team='S"'> sql statement <:elif "team='C'"> blah, blah </:if> It tells me it doesn't like the syntax of the 'if' (I have stuff in the python file that lets me use ':' in place of 'dtml-'). I have tried all the flavors: "team=='S'", "team=S", "team==S", etc. and it doesn't like any of them. If you guys know of another reference, please let me know! TIA, Yvonne 8) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yvonne Totty Database Engineer ------------------------- Wolverine: You actually go outside in these things? Cyclops: Well, what would you prefer? Yellow spandex?