[Zope-dev] ZCatalog: Forgot to mention

[Rik Hoekstra]

Martijn Pieters wrote:
> 
> From: "Rik Hoekstra" <rik.hoekstra@inghist.nl>
> > You can catalog mthod results as well. But as catalog won't pass in any
> > parameters, you cannot use DTML Methods or Documents. Use an External
> Method
> > or Python Method instead.
> >
> 
> I don't know about SQL Methods.
> 
> Your DTML Method worked, because it didn't try to access anything in the
> namespace. As your method doesn't get called with the client and namespace
> arguments, you cannot access anything outside the method itself.

But you can with Python/External Methods? With or without parameters?
Where then lies the difference, and why? Is it because of DTML
evaluation? I do not understand this.

Rik