You should be able to use python's slice like so:
<dtml-if "word[:4] == 'help'" >
...
where "word" is the variable you want to use only 4 characters of.
Hope this helps,
bye.
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From: joel grimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: [Zope] left(string, n) equivalent (newbie q.)
> Pardon my ignorance, I'm coming from a VB/Access background.
>
> I need to find an equivalent to using left(string, 4) in a zope SQL
method's
> select query. My SQL book
> says I can use SUBSTRING(string, 1, 4) in a query but no luck. I'm
> connecting to an Access database.
>
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