[Zope] Difference between id and getId()?

[David Lambert]

Thanks for your quick reply Phil. I think I understand a little more now, but 
why does id work for folders?

TA
Dave.

On Monday 13 August 2001 17:00, Phil Harris wrote:
> This was the reason getId was introduced.
>
> You'll probably find that 'id' is also a method.
>
> Try id() and you may be surprised.
>
> Phil
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Lambert" <dave_lambert@fbcc.com>
> To: <zope@zope.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 10:54 PM
> Subject: [Zope] Difference between id and getId()?
>
> > I am a newbie to Zoip and apologize if this is a trivial question, but it
>
> has
>
> > been giving me grief for several hours now.
> > I have found by experimentation that when iterating through a set of
>
> objects
>
> > and testing their ids that the following only seems to work ONLY for
>
> folders:
> > <dtml-if "id == 'theObjectIdString'>
> >  ....
> > </dtml-if>
> >
> > If however I use the code:
> >
> > <dtml-if "getId() == 'theObjectIdString'>
> > ...
> > </dtml-if>
> >
> > all seems to work correctly. Obviously I am missing something very basic
>
> here.
>
> > TIA
> >
> > Dave.
> >
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