[Zope] RE: How to put a dictionary in REQUEST?

[M. Adam Kendall]

Try this:
<dtml-call "REQUEST.set('colorAssignment',{})">
<dtml-call "colorAssignment.update({Subject:nextColor})">


On 16 Aug 2001 18:41:31 -0700, Loren Stafford wrote:
> 
> OK. I didn't describe the problem very well. The REQUEST object does have
> dictionaries in it, and you can add a dictionary...
> 
>   <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('colorAssignment',{})">
> 
> ... but how can you add keys to a dictionary in REQUEST using DTML?
> 
> Clearly you can't
>   <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('colorAssignment[Subject]',nextColor)">
> 
> The perlish ...
>   <dtml-call "colorAssignment.append[Subject,nextColor]">
> ...doesn't work either.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Loren Stafford [mailto:lstafford@morphics.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 18:20
> > To: zope@zope.org
> > Subject: How to put a dictionary in REQUEST?
> >
> >
> > I just discovered that the REQUEST object doesn't support
> > dictionaries. Right?
> >
> > So, given that I'm writing DTML because I'm in the middle of a
> > calendar tag, how can I create a dictionary for the duration of a
> > request and add items to it?
> >
> > -- Loren
> 
> 
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