Re: [Zope] Zope with Microsoft Access
I actually have this up and running now (as of about 5 minutes ago). It's a hack but it works great so I'm not going to mess with it. Thanks a lot to everyone who gave me pointers, most especially Chris Gray whose solution fixed it in the end. Now I need a way of implementing Apache style authentication. Is there an easy way to do this? Thanks! Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Rik Hoekstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mike Kelland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 12:21 PM Subject: Re: [Zope] Zope with Microsoft Access > > > Hi, this is my first posting to the list, and about my 4th day working > with > > Zope. I have a bit of a problem. All my code so far is working well. > Just > > the following section is defying my attempts to make it run. What it does > > is to update a field in the database (to allow employees to quickly update > > their hours in the hours tracking thing I'm creating) it's complex since > > all the employees hours will be listed on one page and will be instantly > > updatable (with a select box that allows the choice of +/- (name is > > modify and value is either + or - > > ) and a text field for entering hours to add or > > subtract (name is mod_hours)). > > > > The code (in the DTML document) is: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and the SQL method UpdateHours is: > > > > update emp_hours set hours = > > > > > > where > > hoursID = ; > > > > with arguments: sequence-item, myval, mykey > > > > I've tried everything I can think of but it not only refuses to do > anything, > > it also refuses to raise an error. > > > > If anyone can help out I'd be very grateful. > > > > This seems to be more of a DTML problem than an Access problem. It is hard > to follow anyway... > A few questions: have you tried using something like changing the form names > to using the name.item:records syntax. something like > > > > > and a text field for entering hours to add or > > > this will give your dtml method a dictionary like structure called modify > you can loop over. > > Starting from there will save you a whole lot of hacking. Also I'm not at > all sure that you can use the [sequenct-key] as arguments for your SQL > Method. > > On the records and types in forms see: > http://www.zope.org/Members/Zen/howto/FormVariableTypes > > hth > > Rik > > ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
Re: [Zope] Zope with Microsoft Access
> Hi, this is my first posting to the list, and about my 4th day working with > Zope. I have a bit of a problem. All my code so far is working well. Just > the following section is defying my attempts to make it run. What it does > is to update a field in the database (to allow employees to quickly update > their hours in the hours tracking thing I'm creating) it's complex since > all the employees hours will be listed on one page and will be instantly > updatable (with a select box that allows the choice of +/- (name is > modify and value is either + or - > ) and a text field for entering hours to add or > subtract (name is mod_hours)). > > The code (in the DTML document) is: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and the SQL method UpdateHours is: > > update emp_hours set hours = > > > where > hoursID = ; > > with arguments: sequence-item, myval, mykey > > I've tried everything I can think of but it not only refuses to do anything, > it also refuses to raise an error. > > If anyone can help out I'd be very grateful. > This seems to be more of a DTML problem than an Access problem. It is hard to follow anyway... A few questions: have you tried using something like changing the form names to using the name.item:records syntax. something like and a text field for entering hours to add or this will give your dtml method a dictionary like structure called modify you can loop over. Starting from there will save you a whole lot of hacking. Also I'm not at all sure that you can use the [sequenct-key] as arguments for your SQL Method. On the records and types in forms see: http://www.zope.org/Members/Zen/howto/FormVariableTypes hth Rik ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
Re: [Zope] Zope with Microsoft Access
Hrm... I've tried what you said, but it still fails to work... Is there a Zope guru out there who is willing to look over this code in it entirety (ie the DTML and the ZSQL Method) and work with me directly to try to get this working? Thanks, Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Chris Gray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mike Kelland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 3:56 PM Subject: Re: [Zope] Zope with Microsoft Access > Here's a fix. Change the line: > > > > to: > > sequence_item=_['sequence-item'])"> > > and change the name of the parameter in your ZSQL method from > sequence-item to sequence_item and change the dtml-var tag in the method > to . > > Cheers, > Chris > > On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Mike Kelland wrote: > > > What does actually do? Looks like all it would do is > > divide by zero which *has* to be some kind of error. The problem, I think, > > lies mainly in the arguments being passed to UpdateHours. I have done a > > whole slew of tests to show that my if statement works perfectly (the > > _.string.find thing seems to return false if it finds the specified sub > > string which is odd, but works) and I've actually outputted the correct SQL > > in the DTML (ie displayed it within the page) and I've copied and pasted > > that SQL directly into a ZSQL Method and ran it on my database and that > > works fine. However it seems to do absolutly nothing when I actually > > attempt to run everything together and call UpdateHours from the DTML > > document. I've played a little with namespace as well, but as I said, I'm > > new to all this so there may be an error there. > > > > Thanks for everyone's insight so far, it's really helpful, and please keep > > those suggestions coming! : ) > > > > Mike Kelland > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Mike Kelland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 8:48 PM > > Subject: Re: [Zope] Zope with Microsoft Access > > > > > > > You may not be entering UpdateHours. > > > > > > Try just before the call to UpdateHours. > > > Or some other obvious way to know if your entering it. > > > > > > Here's how I coded the same kind of thing. > > > Although I'm reading the Zope book right now to see how I should have done > > > it. > > > The book is good and I might just learn a better solution than 0/0 :) > > > > > > --- Part of addContact > > > > > > > > > Name: > > > Title: > > > Phone: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---insertNewContactForm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --Darrell > > > > > > > > > ___ > > > Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > > > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > > > (Related lists - > > > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > > > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) > > > > > > > > > > > > ___ > > Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > > (Related lists - > > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) > > > > > > ___ > Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > (Related lists - > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) > > ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
Re: [Zope] Zope with Microsoft Access
Here's a fix. Change the line: to: and change the name of the parameter in your ZSQL method from sequence-item to sequence_item and change the dtml-var tag in the method to . Cheers, Chris On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Mike Kelland wrote: > What does actually do? Looks like all it would do is > divide by zero which *has* to be some kind of error. The problem, I think, > lies mainly in the arguments being passed to UpdateHours. I have done a > whole slew of tests to show that my if statement works perfectly (the > _.string.find thing seems to return false if it finds the specified sub > string which is odd, but works) and I've actually outputted the correct SQL > in the DTML (ie displayed it within the page) and I've copied and pasted > that SQL directly into a ZSQL Method and ran it on my database and that > works fine. However it seems to do absolutly nothing when I actually > attempt to run everything together and call UpdateHours from the DTML > document. I've played a little with namespace as well, but as I said, I'm > new to all this so there may be an error there. > > Thanks for everyone's insight so far, it's really helpful, and please keep > those suggestions coming! : ) > > Mike Kelland > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - Original Message - > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mike Kelland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 8:48 PM > Subject: Re: [Zope] Zope with Microsoft Access > > > > You may not be entering UpdateHours. > > > > Try just before the call to UpdateHours. > > Or some other obvious way to know if your entering it. > > > > Here's how I coded the same kind of thing. > > Although I'm reading the Zope book right now to see how I should have done > > it. > > The book is good and I might just learn a better solution than 0/0 :) > > > > --- Part of addContact > > > > > > Name: > > Title: > > Phone: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---insertNewContactForm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --Darrell > > > > > > ___ > > Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > > (Related lists - > > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) > > > > > > > ___ > Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > (Related lists - > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) > ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
Re: [Zope] Zope with Microsoft Access
From: "Mike Kelland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > What does actually do? Looks like all it would do is > divide by zero which *has* to be some kind of error. Yelp, that's exactly what it does. My goal was to prove one way or another that a bit of code was executed. Divide by zero is one way to do that. --Darrell ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
Re: [Zope] Zope with Microsoft Access
What does actually do? Looks like all it would do is divide by zero which *has* to be some kind of error. The problem, I think, lies mainly in the arguments being passed to UpdateHours. I have done a whole slew of tests to show that my if statement works perfectly (the _.string.find thing seems to return false if it finds the specified sub string which is odd, but works) and I've actually outputted the correct SQL in the DTML (ie displayed it within the page) and I've copied and pasted that SQL directly into a ZSQL Method and ran it on my database and that works fine. However it seems to do absolutly nothing when I actually attempt to run everything together and call UpdateHours from the DTML document. I've played a little with namespace as well, but as I said, I'm new to all this so there may be an error there. Thanks for everyone's insight so far, it's really helpful, and please keep those suggestions coming! : ) Mike Kelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mike Kelland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 8:48 PM Subject: Re: [Zope] Zope with Microsoft Access > You may not be entering UpdateHours. > > Try just before the call to UpdateHours. > Or some other obvious way to know if your entering it. > > Here's how I coded the same kind of thing. > Although I'm reading the Zope book right now to see how I should have done > it. > The book is good and I might just learn a better solution than 0/0 :) > > --- Part of addContact > > > Name: > Title: > Phone: > > > > > > > > > > ---insertNewContactForm > > > > > > > > > > > > > --Darrell > > > ___ > Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > (Related lists - > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) > > ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
Re: [Zope] Zope with Microsoft Access
You may not be entering UpdateHours. Try just before the call to UpdateHours. Or some other obvious way to know if your entering it. Here's how I coded the same kind of thing. Although I'm reading the Zope book right now to see how I should have done it. The book is good and I might just learn a better solution than 0/0 :) --- Part of addContact Name: Title: Phone: ---insertNewContactForm --Darrell ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
Re: [Zope] Zope with Microsoft Access
Isn't the problem your else tags? Remove them and I think you'll get the effect you wanted. As it stands the condition: is never true. Chris On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Mike Kelland wrote: > Hi, this is my first posting to the list, and about my 4th day working with > Zope. I have a bit of a problem. All my code so far is working well. Just > the following section is defying my attempts to make it run. What it does > is to update a field in the database (to allow employees to quickly update > their hours in the hours tracking thing I'm creating) it's complex since > all the employees hours will be listed on one page and will be instantly > updatable (with a select box that allows the choice of +/- (name is > modify and value is either + or - > ) and a text field for entering hours to add or > subtract (name is mod_hours)). > > The code (in the DTML document) is: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and the SQL method UpdateHours is: > > update emp_hours set hours = > > > where > hoursID = ; > > with arguments: sequence-item, myval, mykey > > I've tried everything I can think of but it not only refuses to do anything, > it also refuses to raise an error. > > If anyone can help out I'd be very grateful. > > Thanks > Mike Kelland > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ___ > Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > (Related lists - > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) > ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
[Zope] Zope with Microsoft Access
Hi, this is my first posting to the list, and about my 4th day working with Zope. I have a bit of a problem. All my code so far is working well. Just the following section is defying my attempts to make it run. What it does is to update a field in the database (to allow employees to quickly update their hours in the hours tracking thing I'm creating) it's complex since all the employees hours will be listed on one page and will be instantly updatable (with a select box that allows the choice of +/- (name is modify and value is either + or - ) and a text field for entering hours to add or subtract (name is mod_hours)). The code (in the DTML document) is: and the SQL method UpdateHours is: update emp_hours set hours = where hoursID = ; with arguments: sequence-item, myval, mykey I've tried everything I can think of but it not only refuses to do anything, it also refuses to raise an error. If anyone can help out I'd be very grateful. Thanks Mike Kelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
