[Zope] RESPONSE.redirect - dynamic names?

Steve Alexander steve@cat-box.net
Thu, 27 Apr 2000 18:48:54 +0100


Geoff Gardiner wrote:
> 
> Is there some reason why the insertion of a variable into a redirect might
> not work? Thus:
> 
> <dtml-let param="'sometext'">  -- sets param
> <dtml-var param>               -- prints param as 'sometext'
> <dtml-call "RESPONSE.redirect('processform?withparam=<dtml-var param>')">
>     -- sends the string 'withparam=' across, missing the param value
> 
> The characters making up 'sometext' are valid HTML characters.

Use the following:

   <dtml-call "RESPONSE.redirect('processform?withparam=' + param)">

Inside those double quotes, you're in Python-speaking land, not DTML
land.

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Steve Alexander
Software Engineer
Cat-Box limited