[Zope] Re: using a variable plus attribute inside a DTML-CALL
Mitchell L Model
mlm@acm.org
Thu, 4 Oct 2001 06:49:01 -0400
> I am constructing a URL for a redirection based on a variable 'arg'
>in the REQUEST.
> I can use that variable in a DTML-CALL, as follows (helped by
>discussions I found at
> NIP from a while ago in this list, e.g.
>
>http://zope.nipltd.com/public/lists/zope-archive.nsf/242bb7cc2b2c343d802568ab003585d4/54b2a6e5a68d088980256982004fea79?OpenDocument).
>
> <dtml-call
> expr="RESPONSE.redirect('http://www.zope.org/SiteIndex/search?text_content='
> + arg)">
>
> However, I want to url_quote_plus the arg. The usual variable
>attribute syntax (either <dtml-var
> arg.url_quote_plus> or &dtml.url_quote_plus.arg;) isn't available
>inside the Python expression in the
> dtml-call. Without creating an external method to do the quoting,
>how can I get the quoted version of the
> variable inside the Python expression? I've tried lots of
>different ideas, but none worked.
Uh, help?! No-one has answered this yet. Perhaps it's so trivial
everyone's waiting for someone else to do this? I really need an
answer!