RE: [Zope] string splitting in dtml

2000-12-06 Thread Spicklemire, Jerry
Mike said: I tried what you recommended and got the following error: Error Type: AttributeError Error Value: __getslice__ The problem I think is that the variable is drawn from the database as type date (Microsoft Access 2k) and somehow is cast into a date type. Is there a way to

Re: [Zope] string splitting in dtml

2000-12-06 Thread Jim Washington
Just a thought: Have you tried using "_.str(thedate)" to convert it into a string? I am not using Access, but since Zope can handle the Access date stuff properly, it may be using something like _.str() internally. It's what I would try first. -- Jim Washington "Spicklemire, Jerry" wrote:

Re: [Zope] string splitting in dtml

2000-12-05 Thread Mike Kelland
I tried what you recommended and got the following error: Error Type: AttributeError Error Value: __getslice__ The problem I think is that the variable is drawn from the database as type date (Microsoft Access 2k) and somehow is cast into a date type. Is there a way to re-cast this variable as

Re: [Zope] string splitting in dtml

2000-12-04 Thread Andy McKay
dtml-var "_.string.split(start_date, '/')[1]" will be the 2nd element of the start_date, in this case mm -- Andy McKay, Developer. ActiveState. - Original Message - From: "Mike Kelland" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 1:14 PM Subject: [Zope]