[ZPatterns] simple python script <-> skinscript interaction question

[Steve Spicklemire]

How about using a dictionary and doing:

WITH py_methodname COMPUTE attr4=RESULT.get('foo'), 
attr5=RESULT.get('bar')

or similar? Or did you want to avoid referring to RESULT directly?

-steve

On Friday, December 27, 2002, at 06:23  PM, Rob Miller wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I'm currently a bit stumped by what I think is a very simple issue.  
> I'm populating the attributes of a DataSkin object using both ZSQL 
> Methods and Python Scripts that are in the corresponding Rack.  I can 
> populate several attibutes at one time by using a ZSQL Method and the 
> "WITH QUERY sql_methodname COMPUTE attr1, attr2, attr3" SkinScript 
> idiom.  I can also populate a single attribute by using a Python 
> Script and the "WITH py_methodname COMPUTE attr4=RESULT" SkinScript 
> idiom.
>
> What I can't do, however, is figure out how to return several 
> attributes at once using Python Scripts.  I've tried returning 
> dictionaries, I've tried return namespaces (i.e. using Zope's 
> "_(dictionary)" syntax), I've tried every combination conceivable of 
> using (or not) the "QUERY" modifier in the SkinScript statement, but I 
> can't seem to get it to work, nor can I find anything enlightening in 
> docs or mailing list archive.
>
> Can someone tell me what I need to do to get "WITH py_methodname 
> COMPUTER attr1, attr2, attr3" to work?
>
> thanks!
>
> -r
>
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