[Zope] Creating and displaying lists

[David H]

larrymcdonnell at att.net wrote:

> Hi,
>  
> I need to collect a list of student id numbers from one table so I can 
> take this list, find them in another table, and display their names so 
> their teachers can give them a score.
>  
> I still like to use DTML but I do not know if I have the 
> sequence-number in the proper format. This is what I have been playing 
> with:
>  
> <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('RECORD_ID', REQUEST.SESSION['RECORD_ID'])">
> <dtml-in lookup_students_in_course>
>   <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('student_id_temp', student_id)">
> </dtml-in>
> <dtml-in expr="_.range(sequence-number)">
>   <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('student_id_temp', student_id_temp)">
> <SELECT NAME="student_id_selected">
>       <option value=""></option>
>  <dtml-in lookup_student_name sort=student_last_name>
>    <OPTION VALUE="<dtml-var student_id>">
>    <dtml-var student_last_name>, <dtml-var student_first_name>
>    </OPTION>
>  </dtml-in>
> </SELECT>
> </dtml-in>
>  
> I am having a hard time find reference material on this.
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Larry

Larry,

I have an idea for you.  Rewrite in python.  Its easy to return a html 
<select> structure from a python scripts and python scripts are so much 
easier to think thru than dtml. 

Then from your dtml (if i recall)  you'd just <dtml-var 
expr="yourPython()">.  From tal use include the "structure" key word like:
<span tal:content="structure python:context.yourPython(params= ...)  

If you get stuck re-ask (but give your version in python code) :-)

David

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