[Zope] paramters to sql methods have to be in REQUEST????

[Jay, Dylan]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michel Pelletier [mailto:michel@digicool.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 1999 16:30
> To: Jay, Dylan
> Cc: 'zope@zope.org'
> Subject: Re: [Zope] paramters to sql methods have to be in REQUEST????
> 
> 
> "Jay, Dylan" wrote:
> > 
> > Why is it that
> > 
> >         <!--#with "_.namespace(MatchPattern=bits[0])"-->
> >          <!--#var ChoosePart-->
> >         <!--#/with-->
> > 
> > doen't work and
> > 
> >         <!--#call "REQUEST.set('MatchPattern',bits[0])"-->
> >         <!--#var ChoosePart-->
> > does??????
> > 
> > Is this a bug? If so can it be fixed as it is annoying.
> 
> This is not a bug.  ZSQL methods take keyword arguments, or snif
> REQUEST, but do not sniff the namespace.  This is because the 
> namespace
> could be huge.

But how is that any different from inside a DTML method. The namespace is
huge there too. 
 
> Try:
> 
> <!--#var "ChoosePart(MatchPattern=bits[0])"-->