[Zope-dev] ZCatalog: Forgot to mention

[Martijn Pieters]

From: "Jason Spisak" <444@hiretechs.com>
> Tom,
>
> Michel can correct me if I'm wrong here, but I believe only properties
> get indexed in the Catalog.  YOu can also only retuen properties as
> meta_data.  If you want the value of a given method that comes up fora
> Catalog result, you do this:
>
> <dtml-in "Catalog.searchResults(title='foo')">
>  <dtml-with "resolve_url(getpath(data_record_id_),REQUEST)">
>   <dtml-var getParentEx>
>  </dtml-with>
> </dtml-in>
>
> This will return the value of getParentEx method for the record
> returned.

You can catalog mthod results as well. But as catalog won't pass in any
parameters, you cannot use DTML Methods or Documents. Use an External Method
or Python Method instead.

Martijn Pieters
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