[ZPT] Repeat over dict with options

[Chris Withers]

David Pratt wrote:

> from ZTUtils import make_query
> 
>     query = make_query(results = {'foo':'bar','foo2':'bar2'})
> 
>     return RESPONSE.redirect('test_results?%s' % query)

that should really be:

return RESPONSE.redirect('test_results?' + query)

> This produces a url   http://blah.com/ 
> test_results?results.foo:record=bar&results.foo2:record=bar2
> 
> If am not getting anything using a repeat with options/results.

That's 'cos stuff in the REQUEST doesn't magically get put into options. ZPT 
doesn't try and do any magic, which is a very good thing...

 > How
> should I construct the zpt to get the values of foo and foo2?
> 
> I have been trying iterations of something like this:
> 
>      <span tal:repeat="value  options/results">

<span tal:repeat="value  request/form/results">

> I noticed that the request object contains the dictionary I am passing  

No it doesn't, it contains a string, which happens to be the same as the string 
representation of your dictionary.

> Help much appreciated since I can't seem to get any further with this  
> in the meantime.

I'd suggest changing your original python script to be:

return context.test_results(results = {1:{'foo':'bar','foo2':'bar2'},
                             2:{'foo':'barnone','foo2':'barnone2'}})

...now 'results' will be in options, as you originally expected, AND it'll 
contain python types as you're expecting...

cheers,

Chris

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