[Zope] how does dtml-if evaluate REQUEST variables?

[J C Lawrence]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 21:32:25 +0100 
Ulrich Wisser <u.wisser@luna-park.de> wrote:

> <dtml-if entryid>
> evalutes true when
> http://server/dtml.doc?entryid=0
> is called. I thought 0 would evaluate to false. How can I tell
> dtml to evalute to false?

In case you haven't gotten a reply already (I don't see one on quick 
scan).

My observation is that when variables are passed in the URL they aee 
typed as strings, and thus you end up with (effectively):

  entryid="0"

which most certainly isn't false.

Try this:

  <dtml-if "_.int(entryid)">

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