[Zope] unsettable variable?

[karthick ramanarayanan]

Hi,
Try printing,
 <dtml-var action_text>
and
<dtml-var "REQUEST['action_text']">

Should work,
Bye,
A.R.Karthick

> I've got a case like this:
> 
>  <dtml-in get_action_text>
>   <dtml-if expr="action_text=='WIPE_OUT_THIS_VALUE'">
>    <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('action_text','atest')">
>    <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('zction_text','ztest')">
>     action_text is <dtml-var action_text>, 
>     zction_text is <dtml-var zction_text>
>   </dtml-if>
> 
> 
> Here is what shows up for the values when the above is run:
> 
>    action_text is WIPE_OUT_THIS_VALUE, zction_text is ztest
> 
> 
> Why can I not set the 'action_text'?
> 
> It really seems like there must be something really obviously stupid in
> what I am doing, but I just can't see it.  
> 
> Are there cases where a REQUEST.set will have no effect on a dtml-var?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> JJ
> 
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