[Zope] parsing dtml from sql-method

The Doctor What docwhat@gerf.org
Tue, 6 Mar 2001 23:41:40 -0600


* Dieter Maurer (dieter@handshake.de) [010131 15:37]:
> Ralf Kraemer writes:
>  > i would like to put some dtml code into my database
>  > and let it be parsed by zope by a  query.
>  > 
>  > it works fine with html, but with dtml it fails 
>  > 
>  > actual i have some
>  > 
>  > <dtml-in get_item(item_id)>
>  > <dtml-var item>
>  > </dtml-in>
>  > 
>  > can anybody help me ???
> It will not work in DTML, but in an external Python Method:
> 
>   you take your DTML string (stored in the database)
>   and create a document template object from it.
>   You then render (call) this object.
> 
>   For how, you do all that, you should look at the
>   "DocumentTemplate" package in your Zope distribution.
>   Most relevant "DT_String.py" and "DT_HTML.py".

Can't you do:
<dtml-in expr="get_item(item_id)">
....
??

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