[Zope] a question on external methods

[David Wagle]

Ok -- here's some more info.

when I call the script


<!--#var standard_html_header-->

<!--#var test.xm-->
<!--#var "REQUEST['AUTHENTICATED_USER']"-->

<!--#var standard_html_footer-->

I get the correct, expected results.
When I add one line so that it reads:

<!--#var standard_html_header-->

<!--#var test.xm-->
<!--#var "REQUEST['AUTHENTICATED_USER']"-->
<!--#var "dwName(REQUEST)"-->

<!--#var standard_html_footer-->

I get a traceback. This traceback includes a whole
ton of REQUEST data like so:

Traceback (innermost last):
  File /usr/local/Zope-1.9.0-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 879, in publish_module
....[snip]...
        
environ:
        SCRIPT_NAME: '/Zope'
        UNIQUE_ID: 'Nsn4OcauaW4AAAQhCbQ'
        HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING: 'gzip'
        PCGI_EXE: '/usr/bin/python'
        HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE: 'en'
        PCGI_PUBLISHER: '/usr/local/Zope-1.9.0-src/pcgi/pcgi_publisher.py'
        GATEWAY_INTERFACE: 'CGI/1.1'
        PCGI_DISPLAY_ERRORS: '1'
        HTTP_ACCEPT: 'image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, image/png, */*'
        REQUEST_URI: '/Zope/test_area/test1'
        SCRIPT_URL: '/Zope/test_area/test1'

.....[snip]....

What is interesting is AUTHENTICATED_USER is NOT there.

Now, IF I am right, that this is showing me the entire REQUEST
structure that was passed to my external method, why is it different
from teh one being used INSIDE the dtml where AUTHENTICATED_USER is
available?




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