Jones, David H writes:

I have set up a direct traversal sqlMethod which has as a DTML method

The zsql method, sqlModel, is:

select * from AP_MDL where <dtml-sqltest ap_mdl_no type=string>

The direct traversal url is:

http://e9999.rt.cs.boeing.com:8080/DB/sqlModel/777/asMeta

The first DTML method I wrote, asMeta, operated correctly with the following code:

<meta name="ap_mdl_no" content="<dtml-var ap_mdl_no>"> <meta name="ap_mdl_cd" content="<dtml-var ap_mdl_cd>"> <meta name="bus_no" content="<dtml-var bus_no>"> <meta name="ap_mdl_prod_ind" content="<dtml-var ap_mdl_prod_ind>">

Now I want to generalized the DTML method to work with any query. I would like to reference the fields, but haven't figured out how to. Can someone tell me how to reference the fields and field names returned in a direct traversal.

The easiest way is to use a "brain" for your database records and let one of its methods return the list of field names. The information is contained in the attribute "__record_schema__" (inaccessable from DTML!). "__record_schema__" is a dictionary mapping field names to field indices (starting from 0). Alternatively, you can use an external method, that accesses "__record_schema__" for you and makes is accessable from DTML. Dieter