[ZPT] FORMs and processing

[Tony McDonald]

On 26/6/01 10:09 pm, "Evan Simpson" <evan@digicool.com> wrote:

> From: "Tony McDonald" <tony.mcdonald@ncl.ac.uk>
>>> ...but the sql query and "do stuff" look like prime candidates for a
>>> Script.
>> 
>> Do you mean that the sql_query should set local variables?, ie
>> <span tal:define="surname row/surname" />
>> 
>> (does this mean that the variable is defined in the context of the
> whole PT,
>> or just the span).
> 
> It would only be defined on the span, unless you added the "global"
> keyword.  This isn't what I meant, though.
> 

Understood, I guess using 'global' isn't a good idea.

>> I agree that 'do stuff' should be a Script, in my case it would be
> doing SQL
>> updates and calling methods to send emails etc. Is it sensible to do
>> something like;
>> 
>> <span tal:replace="here/do_stuff" />
> 
> I would write <span tal:replace="nothing" tal:define="call
> here/do_stuff" /> ("call" is just a dummy variable), but the idea is the
> same.  This is pretty much what I was suggesting, except that I would
> use a Python Script, not a DTML Method.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Evan @ digicool
> 

I understand a lot better now Evan,
Thanks a lot
Tone.
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