I am trying to use DTML to allow batch update of multiple records to a mysql database.

... I want to interate over the above method to update multiple records. Basically i have five lists of data: pk_id,field1,field2,field3,field4 i am having a hard time trying to split these lists up using DTML so that the first item on each list correspond to the first item of the pk_id list, the second correspond to the second pk_id, and so on. ... HTML Form:

PK_ID Field1 Field2 Field3 Field4 1 f1 f2 f3 f4 2 f1.1 f2.1 f3.1 f4.1

<form action="updateData" method="post"> <dtml-in getData> <input type="text" name="pk_id:list" value="<dtml-var pk_id>"> <input type="text" name="field1:list" value=""> <input type="text" name="field2:list" value=""> </dtml-in> </form>

This is difficult to impossible to do exactly as you ask. Why? Because DTML is a templating language and not a programming language, in spite of the fact that it allows many programming language-type constructs. But it's easy to do in a Python Script: #id=updateData #arguments=pk_id,field1,field2,field3,field4 for x in range(len(pk_id)): context.sql_update(pk_id=pk_id[x], field1=field1[x], field2=field2[x], field3=field3[x], field4=field4[x]) return context.someConfirmationTemplate() This assumes that every list is full, of course, and that the indices correspond, as you described. --jcc -- "Code generators follow the 80/20 rule. They solve most of the problems, but not all of the problems. There are always features and edge cases that will need hand-coding. Even if code generation could build 100 percent of the application, there will still be an endless supply of boring meetings about feature design." (http://www.devx.com/java/editorial/15511)