Question1: How do you then define a list variable in the dtml document that is only used while busy with the form?
Use <dtml-var "REQUEST.set('name', '[]')"--> and <dtml-var "_['name'][index] = value"-->. There is explict support for lists in forms but cannot recall it currently.
I'm still lost here. Say for instance if have a list variable "tablestructure" which contains pairs of "column" and "type". I want to add to "tablestructure" by dtml along the lines of: <form action="<!--#var URL1-->/manage_addcolumn" method="POST"> <p> To add a new column, enter the column name and type and click the "Add" button. </p> <table> <tr> <th align="left" valign="top">Column</th> <td align="left" valign="top"><input type="text" name="column" size="20"></td> <th align="left" valign="top">Type</th> <td align="left" valign="top"> <select name="type"> ... I want to pass the "column" and it's "type" to the method "manage_addcolumn". Q: Do i call <dtml-var "REQUEST.set('name', '[]')"--> in the addcolumn method or how must i go about. how do i enter "column" and "type" in the "tablestructure" list. roché thanks for the pointers.