BTW, the variable is passed in the URL: http://classifieds.pilotonline.com/cv3/pilot/search?mainclass=Employment&cco nnect=true (I removed a bunch of other variables, but you get the idea) ----- Original Message ----- From: Sean Robertson <seanr@infi.net> To: <zope@zope.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 12:11 PM Subject: checking variables

I am trying to check for the existance of a variable that is passed in the URL. The statement is as follows:

<!--#if cconnect==true--> (code block one) <!--#else cconnect==true--> (code block two) <!--#/if cconnect==true-->

The problem is that I always get the second code block. What am I doing wrong? Here is the relevant section of the documentation for the version that I have:

Conditional insertion is performed using if and else commands. For example: <!--#if name--> text <!--#/if name--> where name is the name of the item. To include text when a test is false use: <!--#else name--> text <!--#/else name--> To include text when an item is true and to include different text when the item is false use: <!--#if name--> true text <!--#else name--> false text <!--#/if name-->

Sean Robertson Multimedia Artist, PilotOnline seanr@infi.net