You cannot embed DTML inside a DTML expression, rather, just refer to the varaible name as X, assuming it contains the right type of data to match getRoles(). Sean -----Original Message----- From: Mike Doanh Tran [mailto:mtran@shufflemasterrd.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 9:24 AM To: zope@zope.org Cc: lazug@lazug.org Subject: [Zope] Zope Newbie needs help with DTML Hi all, I couldn't get this code to work in Zope. Can some one help me please? ##################################################### <dtml-if "AUTHENTICATED_USER.getRoles() =='<dtml-var X>'"> Then execute code <dtml-else> Permission Denied! </dtml-if> ##################################################### The .getRoles() method returns a string of more than one roles ('Manager','Owner','*******'). Assume that <dtml-var X> = Owner ,how do i chop off the return of getRoles() to validate the above statement? thanks, -- Mike Tran Shuffle Master Gaming Inc. _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )