You can't do what you are trying to do in this manner :-( .... however there is hope! :-) I assume that you have 2 frames, one with the rfqNumber and the other to display the results - very similar to the ZMI. You have to have the frame with the number call a page in the other frame. This page then takes that number and uses it in from the REQUEST object and plugs it into your query. So you could submit the first frame and target it to the other frame, or you could set up a hyperlink with the query parameter stuck on the end of it. hth Laurie PS only post to this list in Text - people get testy if you don't! -----Original Message----- From: Scheck, Herman [mailto:Herman.Scheck@intp.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 2:28 PM To: 'Laurie Nason' Subject: RE: [Zope] How to Use Javascript returns in DTML tags Hi Laurie, I am trying to read the dynamic content of a frame with a Javascript function and concatenate the return (rfqNumber) to an argument (an SQL string) of an external Python method (dataAccess) which is called from within a <dtml-in> tag. In other words, I want to dynamically build (from dynamic page content) the SQL statement which is an argument to a method called by the <dtml-in> tag: <dtml-in expr="dataAccess(DNS, UID, PWD, 'SELECT quoteNumber FROM qt_quotes_t, qt_quoteReqs_t WHERE qt_quotes_t.quoteReqID =qt_quoteReqs_t.quoteReqID AND qt_quoteReqs_t.rfqNumber = ' + _.chr(39) + rfqNumber + _.chr(39) + ' ORDER BY quoteNumber')"> Is this possible? If not, is there an alternative? Thanks for your response, -Herman -----Original Message----- From: Laurie Nason [mailto:laurien@blake.3dem.bioch.bcm.tmc.edu] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 11:54 AM To: Scheck, Herman Subject: RE: [Zope] How to Use Javascript returns in DTML tags Hi Herman and welcome to Zope! Could you give us a bit more background to what you are trying to achieve, as I believe (from looking at your method below) that you cannot do what you are trying to as DTML is interpreted when the server formats the page - java script is a client side thing. Laurie -----Original Message----- From: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of Scheck, Herman Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 1:45 PM To: 'zope@zope.org' Subject: [Zope] How to Use Javascript returns in DTML tags I am trying to simply use the return (rfqNumber) from a Javascript script as a variable in a DTML tag (see code below). I've also tried placing the Javascript code in-line to the DTML, as well as trying to encapsulating the script in a DTML method. None of this seems to work. Yes, I am fairly new to DTML (and Zope, for that matter). I have seen articles on how to pass arguments from DTML to Javascript functions, but not on how to use Javascript returns in DTML. Can anyone point, push, or drag me in the right direction? Thanks in advance for any help. <SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT> <!-- function GetRFQNumber{ rfqNumber=parent.frames('fraQuoteRequest').document.all['QUOTEREQUEST'].inne rText; return rfqNumber; } --> </SCRIPT> <!--FORM ID="GetQuoteForm" ACTION="Quote_html"--> <H3> <dtml-with siteMethods> Quote: <dtml-let DNS=dbDNS UID=dbUID PWD=dbPWD> <SELECT NAME="selQuote" SIZE=1> <dtml-in expr="dataAccess(DNS, UID, PWD, 'SELECT quoteNumber FROM qt_quotes_t, qt_quoteReqs_t WHERE qt_quotes_t.quoteReqID =qt_quoteReqs_t.quoteReqID AND qt_quoteReqs_t.rfqNumber = ' + _.chr(39) + rfqNumber + _.chr(39) + ' ORDER BY quoteNumber')"> <dtml-in sequence-item> <OPTION VALUE='<dtml-var sequence-item>'><dtml-var sequence-item> </dtml-in> </dtml-in> </SELECT> </dtml-let> </dtml-with> <BR><BR><INPUT TYPE="IMAGE" SRC="images/imgRetrieveButton" ALT="Retrieve Quote Request"> </H3> <!--/FORM--> _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )