Hi Tom
to be honest i would much rather use DTML as i understand this but it doesn't
seem to work it only returns the result of the SOAP query when i view the
source code. The SOAPMethod product recommends DTML but I have followed the
example they give and this is what is happening.
Mark
On Monday 03 September 2007 17:32, Jonathan wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Von Lahndorff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "robert rottermann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <zope@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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