[Zope] parameter transfer to a zsql-method (lists, dictionaries etc.)

[J Cameron Cooper]

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>Can anybody enlight my understandig of how to pass parameters (e.g. lists,
>dictionaries) to zsql-methods especially so that they will work in an
>dtml-in construct? That would be very helpfull.
>
>my ZSQL-Method:
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><params>columns:list:string=* where:string="" sort_col:string=""
>sort_reverse:int=0</params>
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>the error details:
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>Error Type: InError
>Error Value: Strings are not allowed as input to the in tag.
>Error error_tb:
>...
>
>InError: Strings are not allowed as input to the in tag.
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I think your parameter construction is wrong. You're telling Zope that a 
list is a string, and furthermore, to iterate over a string, which won't 
work. Try

columns:list

or simply

columns

since you probably don't *need* parameters.

          --jcc

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