[Zope-DB] ZSQL Method

[Matthew T. Kromer]

Rajan Singh wrote:

>I tried creating the following ZSQL Method but it gave
>me an error:
>
>
>select * from <dtml-sqlvar mytable_name type="string">
>

You just want

     select * from <dtml-var mytable_name>

Using dtml-sqlvar is asking for special formatting, e.g.

   <dtml-sqlvar mytable_name type="string">

is converted into the text

    mytable_name = 'valueofmytable_name'

with the appropriate string quoting for the value.

>
>
>The thing i wanted to achieve was to pass the name of
>the table as a parameter and then create an sql
>statement for it.
>
>Could please advise me on how to do it. I am using
>MySQL.
>
>Thank you.
>Rajan
>

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