dtml-let almost certainly won't do what you want since it sounds like you want the value outside of the dtml-in. This would require improper nesting. Oh sure, improper nesting sounds like fun but it is illegal. <dtml-in yadda> <dtml-let foo=sequence-item> </dtml-in> <!-- boom --> <dtml-var foo> <!-- you won't even get here. --> </dtml-let> <!-- or here for that matter --> You can: 1) Use REQUEST.set as Andreas noted. Ugly but available everywhere. 2) Install dtml-set. Inexplicably never made part of zope proper but really ought to be. I'd suggest #2.

-----Original Message----- From: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of Andreas Jung Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 5:57 AM To: Micheál Healy; zope@zope.org Subject: Re: [Zope] variable assignment

Either use dtm-let or assign the variable to the REQUEST object using REQUEST.set() (ugly).

-aj

--On Dienstag, 22. Oktober 2002 13:52 +0100 Micheál Healy <michael.healy@engitech.ie> wrote:

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Hi,

I have the following code snippet:

<dtml-in expr="view.sql_query_current_windows_version(p_custName=p_custName, p_inventory=p_inventory)"> <dtml-var current_windows_version> </dtml-in>

I'd like to be able to check the value of 'current_windows_version' (which is sel in the ZSQL method) later in the code. Is there

any way of

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assigning this value to a 'global' variable which I could read later? TIA,

Micheál Healy

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