[Zope] Simple question (again)

[Michel Pelletier]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arnaud Lecat [mailto:lecat@hexanet.fr]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 1:50 PM
> To: Michael Bernstein
> Cc: ZOPE
> Subject: Re: [Zope] Simple question (again)
> 
> 
> Niet :) Because i'm in a Folder so I get the id of the folder 
> not the id
> of the
> document !!!
> 

You mean method right?  <dtml-var id> in a method will give you the id
of the folder, <dtml-var id> in a document will give you the id of the
document.

> I think I must do an objectValue or something like that before. What I
> want
> to do is to compare the id of the current document with a list of
> document
> to see if it's in it :)
> 

You mean methods right? ;)  To get the id of a method, try:

<dtml-var document_id>

Okay, Okay, I *know* this looks really dumb.  Why is the id of a
*method* called *document_id*???  Because before Zope 1.10, there were
no documents, just methods (and they were called documents) and there
was a valid need to get the id of the method (document).  So we gave
methods (documents) the ability to reflect a little information about
themselves into themselves.

It was a hack.

So right now, I would suggest you look at the design of your little app,
and make sure that maybe what you really want are documents, and not
methods.  Any time you want a DTML object to reflect on itself, you're
talking about the need for a DTML Document, and not a Method.

I will append this information to my DTML Document/Method HowTo.

http://www.zope.org:18200/Members/michel/DTMLDocsandMeths

-Michel



> Michael Bernstein wrote:
> 
> > Arnaud Lecat wrote:
> > >
> > > How to get the title and id of the current document ???
> > >
> >
> > <untested>
> >
> > <!--#var id--> <!--#var title_or_id-->
> >
> > Or alternatively:
> >
> > <dtml-var id> <dtml-var title_or_id>
> >
> > </untested> :^)
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Michael Bernstein.
> 
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