[Zope] dtml methods and namespace

[David]

Luca Dall'Olio wrote:

> Hi to everybody,
>
> I have a simple dtml-method "assignment-action" that is called upon a 
> form post.
> Depending on the form request data, a <dtml-if> chooses between one of 
> two dtml-documents : "assigment-success" and "assignment-failure" :
>
> <dtml-if  "iscorrect()">
> <dtml-var assignment-success>
> <dtml-else>
> <dtml-var assignment-failure>
> </dtml-if>
>
> My trouble is that neither the "assignment-success" nor the 
> "assignment-failure" dtml-documents seem to be pushed on the namespace 
> : inside them title_or_id references data from their caller, this() 
> and PARENTS do not evaluate right... is there a smarter way to call a 
> dtml-document inside a dtml-method (), so that it it pushed on the 
> namespace stack? Should I use somehow the <dtml-with> tag?
>
> I understand that page templates would be way easier and cleaner, but 
> I would like to complete this project and then try them out in the 
> next one...
>
> thank you in advance,
> Luca
>
Luca,

Not sure exactly whats going on there ... but  there are significant 
differences between dtml methods and dtml documents and how they view 
identity. 

David