[Zope] Testing for Equality

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

Hi,

I have a form which the user is supposed to indicate whether their 
residence is the same as their spouse's residence. If the mother and father 
live in the same residence, I want to skip the mother's address because we 
already have it. If the residence is not the same, I want the user to enter 
the mother's address. Here is how I implemented it.

I have a form called maritalStatus on which the user selects from a radio 
button group their marital status and also selects Yes or No to the 
question about the residence address. The post method for that form is a 
folder name, forms, in which index_html is a form which is used to enter 
the father's info. This form receives a variable called SAME_RESIDENCE from 
the maritalStatus form. I need to pass SAME_RESIDENCE on from the father's 
form to the mother's form so I have a hidden field in the form which looks 
like this:

<input type=hidden name=SAME_RESIDENCE.<dtml-var 
expr="_.getitem('SAME_RESIDENCE')">:record>

The post method for the father's form is a folder called mothers which is 
contained within forms. Its index_html is the mother's info form. 
SAME_RESIDENCE is passed to it by the father's form in REQUEST.form. I am 
having difficulty with testing for the value of SAME_RESIDENCE. Here is the 
code I am using.

<dtml-if expr="_.getitem('SAME_RESIDENCE')=='Y'">
Same residence
<dtml-else>
Not the same residence
</dtml-if>

The expression always evaluates false so I guess I am doing something 
wrong. For debugging purposes, I added the following to the top of the page:

<p>Same Residence = <dtml-var expr="_.getitem('SAME_RESIDENCE')"></p>

and the value of SAME_RESIDENCE changes appropriately as I select Yes or No 
on the maritalStatus form so I know that it is not the problem. Any idea 
what I am doing wrong?

Regards,

Clifford Ilkay
Dinamis Corporation
3266 Yonge Street, Suite 1419
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M4N 3P6

Tel: 416-410-3326

mailto:clifford_ilkay@dinamis.com

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