[Zope] Setting SELECTED in select box

[Gitte Wange]

On Tuesday 08 May 2001 16:22, Casey Duncan wrote:
> Gitte Wange wrote:
> > Well I think you are right - this could be the problem.
> >
> > But then  - how do I make the test to see if they are identical ?
> > fileid proparly is a string and id is an int ... can I convert one of
> > them - if so, how?
> >
> > Gitte
> >
> > On Tuesday 08 May 2001 15:59, Laurie Nason wrote:
> > > Have you tried checking to see if one of your 27's is a string and one
> > > is a number? I seem to remember that I had this problem before, if I
> > > find it I will let you know
> > >
> > > BTW - you could make the Selected a little snazzier by doing the
> > > following.... saves on a few if statements
> > >
> > > SELECT NAME="fileid" SIZE="1">
> > >       <OPTION VALUE="0">-- Select mediafile --</OPTION>
> > >       <dtml-in sqlGetMediafiles>
> > >           <dtml-if fileid>
> > >               <OPTION VALUE="<dtml-var id>"
> > >                       <dtml-if expr="fileid == id">SELECTED></dtml-if>>
> > >                               <dtml-var filename></OPTION>
> > >           </dtml-if>
> > >       </dtml-in>
> > > </SELECT>
>
> You can convert either automatically using marshalling or using _.int():
>
> <select name="fieldid:int" size="1">
> ...
>
> The above is converted to an int automatically by Zope and appears as an
> int to your DTML.
>
> or
>
> <dtml-if expr="id == _.int(REQUEST.fileid)">
>
> Which does the conversion at the time of the comparison.
>
> hth,


Thanks !!!
It helped - you've just saved my day :-)

Gitte