Chris Beaumont wrote:

Hello,

I'm using dtml-in to display a long list of events taken from a SQL table, as part of a calendar, using batch processing, (basically the example from the DTML reference adapted to use direct traversal to fetch the table contents)

I want my calendar to be basically a timeline, with the current date as the default starting point. The idea is that someone can go back in time as well as forward. (links for past events as well as future)

So, basically, I'm looking for a not-too-convoluted (i.e. decent performance) way to have the 'default' screen on entry be the batch that contains the item whose datetime value is the next one occurring after the current time. Dtml-in doesn't seem to have a straightforward way to do this, unless I'm overlooking something obvious.

Does a solution to this occur to anyone?

do it in sql, this is pretty database dependent, but the ideal way to me would be just where event_date > <dtml-var TimeArguement fmt=dbdateformat> and just adjust your dtml to call the method with a date arguement. you probably need to use your db's string->date functions to convert the value for comparisions. i think this would offer the best performance, and least code. cheers kapil