[Zope] external methods and REQUEST

[David Wagle]

Ok, figured it out. Thanks to everyone for the help
basically (after playing around with it for a bit)
I found that the following code:

def dwName(self,REQUEST=None):
    "return the AUTHENTICATED_USER string"
    if REQUEST is None and hasattr(self,'REQUEST'):
	REQUEST=self.REQEUEST
    return "%s" % REQUEST['AUTHENTICATED_USER']

works fine when called with teh following DTML:

	<!--#var "dwName('self',_['REQUEST'])"-->

Now -- WHY it has to be this explicite I'm still unclear 
on. I understand that there's a difference between the 
dtml engine and the ORB, but what exactly is going 
on here is unclear.

Moreover, MOST of the people I talked with thought that
the code should work if called from soemthing like:

	<!--#var "dwName(REQUEST)"--> or even
	<!--#var dwName-->

However, to get it to work requires the dtml I provided earlier.

What I'm wondering is, is this because of somethign local
to my machine? If so . . .what?

But -- hopefully this will provide an answer to someone else
who is having a similar problem.

thanks again, all.

dave


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