[Zope] Python Scripts and HTML Forms

[Jonathan]

What does "it doesn't seem to work" mean?  Error messages/traceback? What does your form & script contain?  More info on the problem is definitely required!



Jonathan
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Muk Yan 
  To: Jonathan ; zope at zope.org 
  Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:20 PM
  Subject: Re: [Zope] Python Scripts and HTML Forms


  Hey Jonathan, All,

  Thanks I tried your solution, but it doesn't seem to work.  Can anybody shed some more light on this situation, since what Jonathan provides is exactly what I want to do, but it's not working.

  Am I forgetting to put parameteres or some other newbie mistake like that?

  Thanks in advance and thanks again Jonathan.

  -Muk


  On 8/17/06, Jonathan <dev101 at magma.ca> wrote:
    Form variables are stored in REQUEST. In a python script you gain access to REQUEST by:

    REQUEST = container.REQUEST

    you can then access the form variables by:

    fname = REQUEST['first_name']


    you can check for the presence of a form variable by

    if REQUEST.has_key('first_name'):

    or

    if REQUEST.get('first_name', None):


    hth

    Jonathan

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Muk Yan 
    To: zope at zope.org 
    Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:57 PM
    Subject: [Zope] Python Scripts and HTML Forms


    Dear Trusted Zope Zealots,

    This subject was a bit too broad to do a google search on, because I've tried and the lack of relevancy was astounding.

    I've probably been committing a cardinal sin in DTML, but I couldn't figure any other work around. 

    I have an HTML form in a DTML Document say:

    <form action="process_this_form" method="post"

    Name:<input type="text" name:"first_name">

    </form> 

    I want to use "first_name" in a python script, but what I've been doing is setting it in the process_this_form, which is a DTML method:

    DTML Method, process_this_form:
    <dtml-call "REQUEST.SESSION.set ('firstName', first_name)>
    <dtml-call "this_is_a_python_script()">

    and in the Python Script, this_is_a_python_script
    I use REQUEST.SESSION.get('firstName')

    What my question is, is there anyway to directly access "first_name" from the form in the python script without having to have to call the <dtml-call " REQUEST.SESSION.set('firstName', first_name)> and then REQUEST.SESSION.get('firstName') in the python script.  Sort of a sophomoric question, but any help would be appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

    -Muk



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