Well in Python, the self attribute would usually point to the object the method is a member of. I would try: �� def hello(self=None, someVar): �� � � print someVar and call it like this: �� <dtml-var expr="hello(someVar='Hello everybody!')"> Normally, I would expect it to simply tell you that you have the wrong number of parameters, but it might not be passing self under the conditions you called it. By defaulting it to None and specifying another argument by name, you're covered either way. Jim Abrams wrote:

Ok I'm a zope newbie (abou 5 days), but I've come across some external method oddities.

If I create a method such as

def hello(self): return self.id

then call it like

I get back the name of the folder the method is contained in, as expected.

However if I call something like...

The 'somestring' is put into the 'self' param in the external method. Zope throws an exception saying that "string object has no attribite 'id'"

Is that expected behavior?

---------- Jim Abrams jim@abramstechnology.com

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