[Zope] unsettable variable?

[Joh Johannsen]

Thanks, that is what is happening.

However, I still don't understand it.  If I do "REQUEST.set" I set it in
the REQUEST namespace.  

But where is the one that came from <dtml-in...>?  And how can I set
that one?

Thanks,

Regards,

JJ

karthick ramanarayanan wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> Try printing,
>  <dtml-var action_text>
> and
> <dtml-var "REQUEST['action_text']">
> 
> Should work,
> Bye,
> A.R.Karthick
> 
> > I've got a case like this:
> >
> >  <dtml-in get_action_text>
> >   <dtml-if expr="action_text=='WIPE_OUT_THIS_VALUE'">
> >    <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('action_text','atest')">
> >    <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('zction_text','ztest')">
> >     action_text is <dtml-var action_text>,
> >     zction_text is <dtml-var zction_text>
> >   </dtml-if>
> >
> >
> > Here is what shows up for the values when the above is run:
> >
> >    action_text is WIPE_OUT_THIS_VALUE, zction_text is ztest
> >
> >
> > Why can I not set the 'action_text'?
> >
> > It really seems like there must be something really obviously stupid in
> > what I am doing, but I just can't see it.
> >
> > Are there cases where a REQUEST.set will have no effect on a dtml-var?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > JJ
> >