On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Pieter Claerhout wrote:
I want the external method to return this in a list, where I can iterate over using the <dtml-in> tag, so that I can reference the different fields in each record with a name.
What should the list look like so that I can accomplish this?
dtml-in eats a list of objects or a list of dictionaries. Example 1. class Item: pass Your external methods should return: l = [] item1 = Item() item1.date = "21/12/67" item1.foo = "bar" l.append(item1) item2 = Item() item2.date = "1/1/2000" item2.foo = "baz" l.append(item2) ...etc... return l In the DTML use the list: <dtml-in thelist><dtml-var date></dtml-in thelist> Example 2 (dictionaries). Your external methods should return: l = [] item1 = {} item1["date"] = "21/12/67" item1["foo"] = "bar" l.append(item1) item2 = {} item2["date"] = "1/1/2000" item2["foo"] = "baz" l.append(item2) ...etc... return l In the DTML use the list: <dtml-in thelist mapping><dtml-var date></dtml-in thelist> ^^^^^^^ dtml-in needs to be notified these are dicttionaries. Oleg. (All opinions are mine and not of my employer) ---- Oleg Broytmann Foundation for Effective Policies phd@phd.russ.ru Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.