[Zope] redirection problem

[Larry McDonnell]

Jonathan Hobbs wrote:

>From: "Larry McDonnell" <larry at technologyinedu.com>
>  
>
>>I have run into a wall. I am trying to use a pull down menu to redirect
>>the form to another page.
>>
>><select name="form_action_type" size="1">
>>
>><dtml-in lookup_action_query sort=school_name>
>>   <OPTION VALUE="<dtml-var action_file_location>">
>>   <dtml-var school_name> <dtml-var sport_type>
>>   </OPTION>
>> </dtml-in>
>></SELECT>
>>
>>action_file_location hold the path to where I am trying to get to. I
>>tried this
>><form method="post" action=<dtml-var expr="form_action_type">>
>>
>>But I get a key error. I am trying to do this on the same form. Can I do
>>this? Can some point me in the right direction.
>>    
>>
>
>I have never tried tying a method to an html select tag, but I would guess
>that the browser would just return a string variable (in your case the form
>variable name would be 'form_action_type') containing the result of your
>dtml-var tag.
>
>What you may want to try is setting the value of the select options to a
>flag value which you test in a zope method to control your redirection.
>
>eg.
>
><form method="post" action="form_action_method">
>    <select name="form_action_type" size="1">
>       <dtml-in lookup_action_query sort=school_name>
>          <OPTION VALUE="<dtml-var sequence-item>"><dtml-var school_name>
><dtml-var sport_type></OPTION>
>       </dtml-in>
>    </SELECT>
>...
>
></form>
>
>You would have a dtml method called 'form_action_method' which checked the
>contents of a variable called 'form_action_type' which then takes some
>action (ie. redirect)
>
>This assumes that 'lookup_action_query' is some type of sequence that
>dtml-in can loop thru.
>
>
>HTH
>
>Jonathan
>
>
>
>  
>
Thanks Jonathan, I'll try your suggestion.

Larry
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