[Zope] CatalogQuery newbie question

[Dieter Maurer]

Stephan Goeldi wrote at 2003-5-24 10:42 +0200:
 > This must be a newbie question:

It's a question of someone that did not read the available documentation
carefully...

 > I installed ZCatalogQuery to search a Catalog for a certain word in
 > title OR PrincipiaSearchSource. The syntax is told to be:
 >=20
 > Catalog(title=3D=E2=80=99spam=E2=80=99, PrincipiaSearchSource=3D=E2=80=
=99spam=E2=80=99)
 >=20
 > I don't know how the word 'spam' in this case is replaced by the text,
 > entered in a search form.

You have two options:

 *  Use Python's "%" (format) operator (--> Python Library reference)
    It allows you to replace format indicators in format strings
    by dynamic content.

 *  "ZCatalogQuery" provides a way to pass in parameters to the
    query (--> "ZCatalogQuery" documentation).


Dieter