Re: [Zope] Converting a string into an object?

11 Jul 2001

      Tommy Johnson wrote:
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[snip]
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<dtml-with editable>
<dtml-with expr="REQUEST.form['sectionId']">
        <form action="Admin_action">
        Title: <input name="title" size="20">
        <br><br>
        <textarea name="txtContent" cols="40" rows="7"
wrap="virtual"></textarea>
        <br><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value=" Save Changes ">
        </form>
    </dtml-with>
</dtml-with>
You can use indirection to lookup an object by id, or traversal via
restrictedTraverse to lookup via a path.

_.getitem(REQUEST.sectionId)

So change your with above to:

<dtml-with expr="_.getitem(REQUEST.sectionId)">

hth,
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