[Zope] strange <dtml-sendmail> problem

[Kapil Thangavelu]

Erik Myllymaki wrote:
> 
> This is a DTML_Method I call from my standard_error_message:
> 
> <dtml-sendmail mailhost="MailHost">
> To: Webmaster <<dtml-var webstaff>>
> From: ZopeServer <<dtml-var zopeserveraddress>>
> Subject: Problem at <dtml-var URL>
> 
> Error Type: <dtml-var error_type>
> Error Value: <dtml-var error_value>
> Error Msg: <dtml-var error_message>
> 
> <dtml-in "REQUEST.items()">
> <dtml-var sequence-key>: <dtml-var sequence-item>
> </dtml-in>
> </dtml-sendmail>
> 
> I call it like this: <dtml-var send_errors>
> 
> The mail is sent appropriately including all the REQUEST items, but the page
> that is calling this DTML_Method never finishes downloading.
> 
> It seems that the loop through the REQUEST items causes page rendering to
> hang? After several minutes, stopping the page download brings up a
> *transfer interupted* message and only then do I see the bottom of the page.
> 
> If I leave this out:
> 
> <dtml-in "REQUEST.items()">
> <dtml-var sequence-key>: <dtml-var sequence-item>
> </dtml-in>
> 
> ...it works well.
> 
> Thanks for you help.

probably because the response is part of the request object, so you
loop...

do a request.keys() to see whats there literally and a <dtml-var
REQUEST> 

request variables in dtml are in request.other
request variables passed in through dtml are in request.form

cheers

kapil



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