[Zope] SOAPMethod

Mon Sep 3 12:32:34 EDT 2007

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Von Lahndorff" <tom at modscape.com>
To: "robert rottermann" <robert at redcor.ch>
Cc: <zope at zope.org>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Zope] SOAPMethod


>
> Hi Mark,
>
> There's nothing wrong with using DTML instead of TAL. each have their 
> drawbacks and benefits and it really comes down to user choice and  job 
> requirements. People on this list though will always recommend  TAL 
> because they are mostly developers who use WYSIWYG html editors.  If you 
> hand code your design markup dtml can be much cleaner, require  less code 
> and avoid annoying problems with javascript.
>
> Tom

+1   ;-)


Jonathan


> On Sep 3, 2007, at 10:10 AM, robert rottermann wrote:
>
>> Mark Baldry schrieb:
>>> I need to get some information from a database and display it on  our 
>>> website.
>>> It's a very simple query just passing one number to get the  record. The 
>>> only
>>> way i am allowed to query this database is via SOAP.
>>>
>>> I have installed the SOAPMethod and have got it working but i  cannot 
>>> get the
>>> result to display. I can only view the result when i look at the  source 
>>> of
>>> the page.
>>>
>>> the dtml Method i am using is written -
>>>
>>> <dtml-var expr="requestStudentData('5506239')">
>>>
>>> this is what the help that came with the product says to use.
>>>
>>> (requestStudentData is the name of the SOAPMethod and "5506239" is  the 
>>> query
>>> string i am passing to the database.)
>>>
>>>
>> you better do not use dtml but tal (aka page templates). to learn  about
>> it go to the zope site and look up the zope book (take the one on 
>> plope.org)
>>
>> it would look something like:
>> <html>
>>   <head>
>>     <title tal:content="template/title">The title</title>
>>   </head>
>>   <body>
>>
>>     <b>Some information on student 5506239</b>
>>     <div tal:content="python:requestStudentData('5506239')" />
>>
>>   </body>
>> </html>
>>
>>
>> HTH
>> robert
>> <robert.vcf>
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