The TT2 documentation says:

The META directive allows simple metadata items to be defined within a template. These are evaluated when the template is parsed
That means that the last value assigned to a META item will 'win', so to speak, as the conditional can't be and isn't evaluated during parse-time - change the order of the conditional, and the title should always display "BOOK".

Edit: I experimented a bit with the following template 

[% SET type = "D" %]
[% IF type == 'B';
     META title = 'Book';
   ELSIF type == 'D';
     META title = 'DVD';
   ELSE;
     META title = 'CD';
   END;
-%]
- [% template.title %] / [% type %]  / [% template.name %] / [% templa
+te.modtime %] -
[% META title = 'LAST' %]

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and ttree to test my hypothesis, and I seem to interpret the documentation correctly: 
- LAST / D  / test.tt2 / 1178881986 -

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regards,
tomte

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.
-- Albert Camus

In reply to Re: template toolkit question -- metadata by Tomte
in thread template toolkit question -- metadata by madison.sacd

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