[Zope] getting object types?

[Michel Pelletier]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Washington [mailto:jwashin@vt.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 1999 11:39 AM
> To: zope@zope.org
> Subject: [Zope] getting object types?
> 
> 
> I'm sure this must be easy, but I have been searching the lists and
> documentation for a couple of hours and could not find how to do it.
> 
> What I want to do is get info from an HTML multiple-select 
> list box that
> looks like: 
> 
> <select multiple Name="persons">
> <!--#in mylist-->
> <option value="<!--#var index-->" >
> <!--#var firstname--> <!--#var lastname--></option>
> <!--#/in-->
> </select>
> 
> Unfortunately, if there is only a single item selected, 
> RESPONSE.person
> is a string, and if multiple items are selected, it is a list.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 

Try:

 <select Name="persons:list">

That will make ZPublisher marshal it into a list, even if it has only
one item.  I left the 'multiple' out 'cuz I've never heard of it. :)

-Michel


> --Jim Washington
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