[Zope] newbie question - variables?

[AM]

you should be able to if its a dtml-method. ie if the dtml-method is in 
the page via a dtml-var

am

jonatan wrote:

>hey !
>
>thanks for all your help.
>
>i will look around this stuff today.
>
>
>so one more quick question:
>
>after declaring variables with REQUEST.set, i can access them in a z sql
>method called from the same file, but cannot access them from a dtml
>method called the same way?
>
>
>really thanks,
>
>jonatan
>
>
>ps. looks like i have should pay more attention to advanced dtml docs
>
>
>On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 02:10, AM wrote:
>  
>
>>jonatan wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 17:01, AM wrote:
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>page 2 if viewed in both cases should give a key error because var1 or 
>>>>var2 are not in its namespace. but both the approaches should work when 
>>>>viewing page1 ( I just tested that ).
>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>in the second case, i passed var2, so why shouldn't it work? :)
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>what I meant was that if page2 is viewed as is, then you would get an 
>>error because there is no definition of var1/2 on page two, but when you 
>>view page1 which has page2 embedded in it, there shouldnt be any errors.
>>
>>    
>>
>>>btw, if i call z sql functions this way:
>>>
>>><dtml-call expr="REQUEST.set('param1','1st parameter')">
>>><dtml-call expr="REQUEST.set('param2','2nd parameter')">
>>><dtml-call sqlDoSomething>
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>ideally it should.
>>
>>    
>>
>>>then it works, and if i was calling a dtml method instead of an sql one,
>>>then it doesnt.
>>>
>>>is this the way it should go?
>>>
>>>if this is, how can i access parent's namespace (values set by
>>>REQUEST.set, etc) ?
>>>
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Could you please provide the error traceback, which should be on the 
>>>>page if you are running 2.5.x or in the error_log if you are running 2.6
>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>i got confused now. :) so whats the normal behaviour?
>>>
>>>which traceback should i post? the first or second one? page1 or page2?
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>whereever you get the key error... the key error should not appear for 
>>page1 and on page 2 there should be an attribute error. so whereever you 
>>get a KEY error just include that
>>
>>hth
>>AM
>>
>>    
>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>AM
>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>
>>>thanks for your help,
>>>
>>>
>>>jonatan
>>>
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>jonatan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>i have two functions: page1 and page2
>>>>>
>>>>>page1 contains:
>>>>>
>>>>><dtml-call expr="REQUEST.set('var1','do not work')">
>>>>><dtml-var page2>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>page2:
>>>>>
>>>>><dtml-var REQUEST>
>>>>><dtml-var var1>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>this makes a KeyError for both ....
>>>>>
>>>>>and if i say 
>>>>><dtml-var expr="page2(var2='hey there')">
>>>>>
>>>>>and in page2:
>>>>>
>>>>><dtml-var var2>
>>>>>
>>>>>then this works ...
>>>>>
>>>>>how's all this? how can i access the caller's namespace?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>thanks for the help,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>jonatan
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>

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