[Zope] Working with sqlvar type=float

Dieter Maurer dieter at handshake.de
Tue Oct 21 16:10:00 EDT 2003


Mike Doanh Tran wrote at 2003-10-20 13:58 -0600:
 > I used the ZPublisher to convert a variable into a  type float(see input
 > field below).  I passed the variable "balance" to a ZSQL method where
 > balance was set as type=float.  I keep getting an "invalid floating point
 > type error" when i called the updateBal ZSQ method. I even tried to
 > convert balance with _.float(balance) but still get the same error.  The
 > mysql db field for balance is set as type float.  Can someone help me please?
 > 
 > <input type="text" name="rec.balance:float:ignore_empty:records" value="">
 > ---------------------------------
 > <dtml-in rec mapping>

The mapping may be wrong. A record exposes its content as attributes
(although I am not sure whether you get it via "getitem", too).


Dieter



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