[Zope] MetaPublisher and dtml-let

[Dieter Maurer]

Stephan Goeldi wrote at 2003-12-11 14:49 +0100:
>What is wrong with this construct?
>
><dtml-let a="mp_entries.getEntryField(_['key'],'f1071131972')"
>          b="mp_entries.getEntryField(_['key'],'f1071139087')"
>          c="a*b"
>
>   <dtml-var c>
>
></dtml-let>
>
>
>I get this Zope Error:
>Error Type: TypeError
>Error Value: unsupported operand type(s) for *
>
>a and b are both float variables.

You think they should be but apparently, they are not
(otherwise, "a*b" would not raise this exception).

Try "float(a) * float(b)".

-- 
Dieter