[ZPT] Confused about Zope

[Chris Withers]

Evan Simpson wrote:
> color = path('options/color | nothing')
> type_id = path('options/type_id | nothing')
> "select * from products "
> if color or type_id:
>   " where "
> if color:
>   "color = " + path('color/sql:string')
> if color and type_id:
>   " and "
> if type_id:
>   "type_id = " + path('type_id/sql:int')

Yuk. That's nothing like ZPT and would have to be learned as a seperate 
language. Avoiding that was the whole reason I started this thread...

> Of course, DTML has specialized tags for SQL and Email for a reason. 
> It's much nicer to have a mini-language that enables you to write:
> 
> select * from products
> <dtml-sqlgroup where>
>   <dtml-sqltest color type=string optional>
> <dtml-and>
>   <dtml-sqltest type_id type=int optional>
> </dtml-sqlgroup>

I think the Zope 3 API stuff will handle this without the need for a mini language.

cheers,

Chris