[ZPT] FORMs and processing

[Tony McDonald]

On 28/6/01 5:19 am, "jmr@computing.com" <jmr@computing.com> wrote:

> tony.mcdonald> What's the received wisdom on using FORMs and
> tony.mcdonald> PageTemplates? After a nightmare project where HTML
> tony.mcdonald> coders were mangling DTML code I've decided to look at
> tony.mcdonald> ZPT in a lot more detail...
> 

[lots of very useful information snipped]

Jim,
Thanks a lot for this, it helps to get the point across to use scripts for
processing and PT for delivery.

I think this bit is the most telling;

> 
> The PT calls the python script.  The script returns a dictionary which
> includes a "success" variable, perhaps a "results" variable (if there
> is data to get displayed afer successful posting, and either a simple
> error variable or an error dictionary (keyed by form field name).  All
> this stuff determines how the PT will render itself.

The fact that I can return dictionaries and work on them is great news...

I think it's time to get the team to look at PT a lot closer :)

Cheers again,
Tone.
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