[Zope-dev] ZWikiZC comments
Two substantive comments, and some editorial ones. You write that you are thinking of different schemes for generating paths and ids. I suggest one of the things you consider is whether your scheme will work if someone cuts the ZWikiZC and pastes it somewhere else in the tree. I'm not sufficiently versed in the different methods you discussed to understand their implications--they seem to involve yet more undocumented interfaces in Zope. Second, I think the facility for email notification of changes is really interesting. It seems to me that a problem with the Wiki concept (for some uses) is that they are very difficult to monitor for changes. Sending email, perhaps combined with diff, could help with this. Editorial comments: "Summary" is spelled with an "a" (not summery). "Product" is spelled with a "c" (not produkt). Since these words are prominent in the documentation, and at least one (summary) is to be a critical method, it would be good to clean this up. The "!" in the paths baffled me (e.g., "!WikiPage"). Why Catalogs distinguish metadata from indices also eludes me. It should be explained in the Z/Catalog writeup, but since it's not, it was there to bother me while I read your description. It's hazardous to claim a performance advantage without benchmarks. ___ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
[Zope-dev] inheritedAttribute
In the latest Zope source, I've noticed calls to inheritedAttribute in the Python code. I've found the C source code in ExtensionClass.c, but it doesn't help me understand when I should use it from Python, and why. *reads more source* Ah! About 70 lines further on in ExtensionClass.c: "inheritedAttribute(class,name) -- Get an inherited attribute\n\n" "Get an attribute that would be inherited if the given (extension)\n" "class did not define it. This method is used when overriding\n" "inherited methods. It provides 2 advantages over accessing\n" "\n" "attributes directly through a superclass:\n" "\n" "1. The superclass need not be known,\n" "\n" "2. The superclass may be a Python class. Without this method, it would\n" " be possible to override methods inherited from python classes because\n" " unbound methods gotten from Python classes cannot be called with \n" " extension class instances. \n" Is there some documentation of this on zope.org or dev.zope.org that I've missed? Thanks. -- Steve Alexander Software Engineer Cat-Box limited http://www.cat-box.net ___ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
[Zope-dev] New version of BTreeFolder
Hi gang, This version just fixes a bug with the folder contents tab on Windows. For some reason, on Windows 95 (and perhaps other platforms) the Python interpreter behaves differently enough that if you use a class attribute from a different module and put it in your own class, you may in fact be modifying its global context. It's probably a bug in Python. As a workaround, this version of BTreeFolders doesn't have the "details" tab anymore. http://www.zope.org/Members/hathawsh/BTreeFolder/BTreeFolder-0.1.1.tar.gz BTW has anyone done any semi-formal speed tests? It's rumored that a custom getattr in Python can cause a bit of a slowdown. We could write a custom getattr in C to solve the problem. But we don't want to do any premature optimization. Shane ___ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
[Zope-dev] Transaction question
I just want to check if things work the way I think (hope) it does. In a transaction, are objects attributes safe from other threads. self._v_mytemp in my request does not conflict with other requests? (I suppose the have to be otherwise REQUEST's would interfere with each other.) I know that _v_* attributes aren't persistent but do they remain active in memory and there by accessible to other requests after the transaction commit? (I suppose class attributes needs to be protected to be thread-safe? Does anybody have an example how to do that?) Regards, Johan ___ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
Re: [Zope-dev] New version of BTreeFolder. Just a Newbie Question
Oh, well, I'd bet this is a silly question. But I can not resist nor find answer by myself. Q: Why don't you BTree-fy all the subclasses of ObjectManager? Is there a reason that anyone but can a newbie see? LEE Kwan Soo. ps. I only hope to be able to make clear statement in English, but i am already too sleepy now. sorry. - Original Message - From: "Shane Hathaway" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 10:26 PM Subject: [Zope-dev] New version of BTreeFolder Hi gang, This version just fixes a bug with the folder contents tab on Windows. For some reason, on Windows 95 (and perhaps other platforms) the Python interpreter behaves differently enough that if you use a class attribute from a different module and put it in your own class, you may in fact be modifying its global context. It's probably a bug in Python. As a workaround, this version of BTreeFolders doesn't have the "details" tab anymore. http://www.zope.org/Members/hathawsh/BTreeFolder/BTreeFolder-0.1.1.tar.gz BTW has anyone done any semi-formal speed tests? It's rumored that a custom getattr in Python can cause a bit of a slowdown. We could write a custom getattr in C to solve the problem. But we don't want to do any premature optimization. Shane ___ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ) ___ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
Re: [Zope-dev] New version of BTreeFolder. Just a Newbie Question
LEE Kwan Soo wrote: Oh, well, I'd bet this is a silly question. But I can not resist nor find answer by myself. Q: Why don't you BTree-fy all the subclasses of ObjectManager? Is there a reason that anyone but can a newbie see? Obviously what BTreeFolder does should be available in standard folders. That is a long-term goal for Zope. BTreeFolder only exists to scope out the need for big folders as well as provide the capability in the short term. Shane ___ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
Re: [Zope-dev] New version of BTreeFolder
Shane Hathaway wrote: Hi gang, This version just fixes a bug with the folder contents tab on Windows. For some reason, on Windows 95 (and perhaps other platforms) the Python interpreter behaves differently enough that if you use a class attribute from a different module and put it in your own class, you may in fact be modifying its global context. It's probably a bug in Python. As a workaround, this version of BTreeFolders doesn't have the "details" tab anymore. http://www.zope.org/Members/hathawsh/BTreeFolder/BTreeFolder-0.1.1.tar.gz BTW has anyone done any semi-formal speed tests? It's rumored that a custom getattr in Python can cause a bit of a slowdown. We could write a custom getattr in C to solve the problem. But we don't want to do any premature optimization. Shane I'll work on some tests. Kapil ___ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
RE: [Zope-dev] Transaction question
Using a mutex by way of example, without using anything Zope-specific (the following uses the Python threading module): import threading lock = threading.Lock() myglobal = [] def changeglobal(val): lock.acquire() try: myglobal.append(val) finally: lock.release() (I suppose class attributes needs to be protected to be thread-safe? Does anybody have an example how to do that?) You can use allocate_lock() to accomplish thread safety with class attributes. ___ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
Re: [Zope-dev] Transaction question
[Shane Hathaway] | Johan Carlsson wrote: | | I just want to check if things work the way I think (hope) it does. | | In a transaction, are objects attributes safe from other threads. | | self._v_mytemp in my request does not conflict with other requests? | | This is correct (or it's supposed to be.) What do you mean by "supposed to be"? Is it, or is it not correct? ___ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
Re: [Zope-dev] Transaction question
Erik Enge wrote: [Shane Hathaway] | Johan Carlsson wrote: | | I just want to check if things work the way I think (hope) it does. | | In a transaction, are objects attributes safe from other threads. | | self._v_mytemp in my request does not conflict with other requests? | | This is correct (or it's supposed to be.) What do you mean by "supposed to be"? Is it, or is it not correct? It means that a correctly operating ZODB will behave this way. I suspected that Johan may have been facing some kind of ZODB bug, therefore I qualified my statement. The phrasing was designed to elicit a response if he were indeed facing a defect. Shane ___ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
Re: [Zope-dev] Transaction question
| | I just want to check if things work the way I think (hope) it does. | | In a transaction, are objects attributes safe from other threads. | | self._v_mytemp in my request does not conflict with other requests? | | This is correct (or it's supposed to be.) What do you mean by "supposed to be"? Is it, or is it not correct? It means that a correctly operating ZODB will behave this way. I suspected that Johan may have been facing some kind of ZODB bug, therefore I qualified my statement. The phrasing was designed to elicit a response if he were indeed facing a defect. I haven't experienced any problems so far, but I havn't tested it yet either. The reason I asked was to not make any stupied assumptions before starting coding. If I experience any problems I'll let you know, naturally :-) Cheers, JOhan ___ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
Re: [Zope-dev] Transaction question
[Shane Hathaway] | It means that a correctly operating ZODB will behave this way. Oh, I see. Thanks for clarifying that. :) ___ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
Re: [Zope-dev] New version of BTreeFolder. Just a Newbie Question
Shane Hathaway wrote: LEE Kwan Soo wrote: Oh, well, I'd bet this is a silly question. But I can not resist nor find answer by myself. Q: Why don't you BTree-fy all the subclasses of ObjectManager? Is there a reason that anyone but can a newbie see? Obviously what BTreeFolder does should be available in standard folders. That is a long-term goal for Zope. BTreeFolder only exists to scope out the need for big folders as well as provide the capability in the short term. Any chance at a BTree Folder w/customizer suppor tin the near future? :) -- Do not meddle in the affairs of sysadmins, for they are easy to annoy, and have the root password. ___ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
Re: [Zope-dev] New version of BTreeFolder. Just a Newbie Question
Bill Anderson wrote: Any chance at a BTree Folder w/customizer support in the near future? :) It should be quite easy to do. I vaguely recall Steve A or Steve S might have done it. Shane ___ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
Re: [Zope-dev] New version of BTreeFolder. Just a Newbie Question
Bill Anderson wrote: Any chance at a BTree Folder w/customizer suppor tin the near future? :) I did some work towards this. However, I didn't continue. I realised that I could get the same effect by having a BTreeFolder inside a Customizer Folder. The only downside is a slightly longer URL for objects in the BTreeFolder. -- Steve Alexander Software Engineer Cat-Box limited http://www.cat-box.net ___ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
Re: [Zope-dev] ZPatterns bug with patch
"Phillip J. Eby" wrote:
At 10:22 AM 8/27/00 +0100, Steve Alexander wrote:
I've fixed this by adding a test to the start of __set_attr__ of
DataSkins.py:
def __set_attr__(self,name,val,_v_dm_=_v_dm_):
+ if name=='id' and val==self.__dict__['id']:
+ return
dm = self.__dict__[_v_dm_]
This looks reasonable, and backward-compatible, since __init__ guarantees
the dict will have an id. I'm not thrilled with adding more overhead to
attribute setting, however, so I'll probably do it like this:
try:
dm = self.__dict__[_v_dm_]
except KeyError:
if name=='id' and val==self.__dict__['id']: return
raise
Hopefully this should only perform the extra computations when the first
part fails...
Are Python classes derived from DataSkin supposed to call
DataSkin.__init__ ?
Anyway, perhaps this would be a small improvement:
try:
dm = self.__dict__[_v_dm_]
except KeyError:
if (name=='id' and self.__dict__.has_key('id')
and val==self.__dict__['id']): return
raise
--
Steve Alexander
Software Engineer
Cat-Box limited
http://www.cat-box.net
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Re: [Zope-dev] New version of BTreeFolder
Steve Alexander wrote: BTreeFolder doesn't do the from Globals import default__class_init__ default__class_init__(BTreeFolder) thing. Does that matter at all? As none of the classes it is derived from have a __init__ method, I guess not. Or, does default__class_init__ do anything else? It converts __ac_permissions__ into usable permissions declarations (__roles__ attributes.) default__class_init__ really ought to be there; it's only recently that Brian started saying we need to use it everywhere. I forgot. :-) Shane ___ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
Re: [Zope-dev] ZPatterns bug with patch
"Phillip J. Eby" wrote:
try:
dm = self.__dict__[_v_dm_]
except KeyError:
if name=='id' and val==self.__dict__['id']: return
raise
Hopefully this should only perform the extra computations when the first
part fails...
Are Python classes derived from DataSkin supposed to call
DataSkin.__init__ ?
Anyway, perhaps this would be a small improvement:
try:
dm = self.__dict__[_v_dm_]
except KeyError:
if (name=='id' and self.__dict__.has_key('id')
and val==self.__dict__['id']): return
raise
What rubbish! I didn't mean that at all!
I think what I meant was this:
try:
dm = self.__dict__[_v_dm_]
except KeyError:
if name=='id':
if self.__dict__.has_key('id') and val==self.__dict__.['id']:
return
else:
self.__dict__['id']=val
return
raise
--
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Software Engineer
Cat-Box limited
http://www.cat-box.net
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Re: [Zope-dev] ZPatterns bug with patch
Steve Alexander wrote:
What rubbish! I didn't mean that at all!
I think what I meant was this:
try:
dm = self.__dict__[_v_dm_]
except KeyError:
if name=='id':
if self.__dict__.has_key('id') and val==self.__dict__.['id']:
return
else:
self.__dict__['id']=val
return
raise
I think what I *really* meant was this:
try:
dm = self.__dict__[_v_dm_]
except KeyError:
if name=='id':
if self.__dict__.has_key('id') and val==self.__dict__['id']:
return
else:
self.__dict__['id']=val
self._p_changed = 1
return
raise
--
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Software Engineer
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[Zope-dev] ANN: ZWikiZC version 0.7.3 alpha
The ZWikiZC version 0.7.3 alpha completely rely on ZCatalog for looking up WikiPages from WikiNames. No references are stored in the ZWikiZG page letting cutpaste, delete and other management actions ignore updating links. I bellew this is a more scalable solution than in the version 0.7.2 alpha. Bottle neck might be if a page contains alote of WikiNames. I also cleaned it up a bit (remove some hacky stuff from the old ZWiki). Also added are keywords, wiki_meta_types and author_ids. http://www.zope.org/Members/johanc/ZWikiZG/wiki Cheers, Johan Carlsson ___ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
[Zope-dev] ANN: ZWikiZC version 0.7.3 alpha
The ZWikiZC version 0.7.3 alpha completely rely on ZCatalog for looking up WikiPages from WikiNames. No references are stored in the ZWikiZG page letting cutpaste, delete and other management actions ignore updating links. I bellew this is a more scalable solution than in the version 0.7.2 alpha. Bottle neck might be if a page contains alote of WikiNames. I also cleaned it up a bit (remove some hacky stuff from the old ZWiki). Also added are keywords, wiki_meta_types and author_ids. http://www.zope.org/Members/johanc/ZWikiZG/wiki Cheers, Johan Carlsson ___ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
Re: [Zope] Email files via a form thru Zope
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Michelle wrote: Hi, I was wondering if anyone can help me. I would like to have people send files through a form so I have created a form: *snip* Now (theoretically) you are supposed to be able to attach a file (either a .doc or a .xls file and it magically gets emailed to me. I get an email but the file does not attach. Not quite. To attach a file, you must make your message a "multi part MIME" message. This is actually not all that difficult to do, and you can find the details in the DTML documentation. Unfortunatley I am not the most techo-minded person around and I have probably missed the most simplest bit but I just cant make it work!!! This whole Python and external methods and all that sort of stuff has been confusing me like you wouldnt believe! Soo I was hoping that there would be some wonderful person out there to show me the light! :) One think you might want, tho, is to get the MIME patch, that allows expressions for the various fields in the dtml-sendmail tags. This will be helpful for things like user-supplied file names. Check out these pages: http://www.zope.org/Members/rossl/emailattach http://www.zope.org/Members/jephte/MIMETag Look forward to hearing from you! Michelle Have a better one, Curtis Maloney ___ 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] Calling list.remove() bug
Tim Cook wrote:
Kapil Thangavelu wrote:
dtml-var "foobar(_.None, _)"
this passes it None for a client, and the current namespace as the
mapping, and no keyword args.
hope that was clearer than mud.
So the 'key' to this confusion is that we are passing the 'Zope
namespace' to the python method (function) call?
(Which I guess is REALLY just a Python namespace anyway?)
the highlights.
one is DTML tags automatically calls and give the proper
args to what they call. the second is that when you not in pure DTML,
you need to call methods explicitly and pass them args they might need.
note the namespace is just a glorified mapping(dictionary) parts of
which, ie the REQUEST are built dynamically during the Publishing
process. you could pass the method any dictionary. but since you're
accessing the DateTime module in your function you need to access it
through the namespace.
again, all of this is more a function of how DocumentTemplate works in
the context of Zope's Publishing Process.
Maybe I should study the Python source where this occurs. It's
still VERY foggy! g
The source is the answer. what is the question?
from DTMLMethod.py
def __call__(self, client=None, REQUEST={}, RESPONSE=None, **kw):
"""Render the document given a client object, REQUEST mapping,
Response, and key word arguments."""
Cheers
Kapil
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Re: [Zope] OT: Website design / spec / development resources
"J. Atwood" wrote: Hey Zopers, I am looking for some good guidelines in designing, spec'ing and developing large complex websites. Anything like guidelines, steps, howtos, etc would be much appreciates. From theory to practice. The first book on this subject that opened my eyes was 'Secrets of Successful Websites', which in particular offers advice on the many pitfalls that a web project can face (with case studies), and reccomended procedures for handling and/or avoiding them. It's getting a bit dated (1996), but still has a lot of valuable advice. Two O'Reilly books that I have found very helpful are 'Information Architecture' and 'Designing Navigation for the Web', both of which will help keep your sites well organized and easily navigable by end users. Another good book is 'Website Usability - The Practice of Simplicity' which will help keep your sites users happy and productive. A recent book that I've found useful, though not as original as some of the others I've mentioned, is 'Great Web Architecture'. I have other, more specific suggestions, but it would help if you could say at least what types of sites you're attempting to design. BTW, I heartily concur with the recomendation made by Kapil: 'Philip and Alex's Guide to Website Publishing' is a monumental tour-de-force, and should definitely be read by anyone who wants to work in the web industry, even though I think that some of his technical reccomendations are a little close-minded (ie. 'Use Oracle and big Sun Iron'). I hope these help you as much as they did me. Michael Bernstein. ___ 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] Newbie question: FORM processing in Zope.
hi, I am a Perl/CGI programmer, trying out Zope. I am confused right now about HOW TO process FORM variables? and most important thing is how to validate form inputs.(like same thing is best done in PERL using regex) that is, if I have a html having some form variables and a submit button. I click on the submit button. it should call some script..right? My question is how to pass values from one script to another. how is this done in Zope? thanks a lot in advance. regards Amit .--. |o_o | |\_/ | // \ \Amit Redij (| | ) mailto:[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] Showing the name of a file-type form variable
Hi Zopers I've got this:: tdinput type="file" name="file" dtml-if file value="dtml-var "file"" /dtml-if /td Which returns:: ZPublisher.HTTPRequest.FileUpload instance at 131dc48 in the input box. I'd really rather have the filename. How does one do that? -- Jean Jordaan --technical writer-- Mosaic Software--Zope 2.1.6 on WinNT and W2K ___ 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] Smarter Forms (variant example)
Hi all
While playing with jules's nice Smarter Forms example, I've made a
(perhaps obvious) slightly elaborated variant of it.
dtml-comment njj == Jean Jordaan
/dtml-comment
dtml-var standard_html_header
dtml-comment njj: from
How-To: (Hopefully) Smarter Forms 0.1
Created by jules. Last modified on 2000/01/30.
/dtml-comment
dtml-comment
One of my pet peeves is filling out a form, only to find something
is wrong. Then I hit the back button to lose all my input. Grrr! The
Web GUI doesn't have to be A Bad Thing and with a little effort on
the part of the programmer/designer, gently prompting a user to
correct their mistakes is quite easy.
This is a simple example of a form that is smart enough to know when
something is wrong and not lose data. All we're asking for is the
user's name -- if it's empty, we print out an error message and
don't continue.
/dtml-comment
dtml-comment njj:
Instead of calling the form in a separate method (as recommended by
the How-To), build it in the handler page. If necessary, one could
factor out the individual *inputs* into separate methods. This
allows you to show per-input prompts.
/dtml-comment
form method="post"
dtml-if expr="REQUEST.REQUEST_METHOD=='POST'"
dtml-comment
If we're here, the user has hit the submit button and we have
form data to consider.
/dtml-comment
dtml-call "REQUEST.set('finished','true')"
dtml-comment
Assume things are OK by setting finished to 'true'
If they're not, change the value of finished as
we hit an error.
/dtml-comment
dtml-unless "firstname"
liPlease fill in your first name ..
dtml-call "REQUEST.set('finished','false')"
/dtml-unless
dtml-comment njj: to avoid repeating the input below, make it a
separate method:
dtml-var expr="input_firstname()"
/dtml-comment
First name:
input type="text" name="firstname"
dtml-if firstname value="dtml-var "firstname"" /dtml-if
br
dtml-unless "surname"
liPlease fill in your surname ..
dtml-call "REQUEST.set('finished','false')"
/dtml-unless
dtml-comment njj:
dtml-var expr="input_surname()"
/dtml-comment
Surname:
input type="text" name="surname"
dtml-if surname value="dtml-var "surname"" /dtml-if
br
dtml-unless "otherstuff"
liPlease fill in your other stuff ..
dtml-call "REQUEST.set('finished','false')"
/dtml-unless
dtml-comment njj:
dtml-var expr="input_otherstuff()"
/dtml-comment
Other stuff:
input type="text" name="otherstuff"
dtml-if otherstuff value="dtml-var "otherstuff"" /dtml-if
br
dtml-if "REQUEST.get('finished')=='true'"
dtml-comment
If finished is true, all is well in user-land. Show a nice
thank you message and instructions on what to do next.
Your save data code should go here and before the thank you
message is sent.
/dtml-comment
dtml-comment njj: "save data code":
dtml-call "edit_properties"
/dtml-comment
p You're done! Thanks for your input dtml-var firstname.
/p
p You could put a link to somewhere else on your site here...
/p
dtml-else
p Some of the fields above still need to be filled in. Please
complete them to continue. /p
/dtml-if
dtml-else
dtml-comment
If we're here, it's the first time through. Print out the form
as-is.
If you use a form's POST rather than an href link to get here,
your user will get an error message which will confuse the
whatsits out of them.
/dtml-comment
pHello, dear user. Please fill out the form below. Note that the
bbold/b items are required before you can continue./p
dtml-comment njj: or do it this way:
dtml-var expr="input_firstname()"
dtml-var expr="input_surname()"
dtml-var expr="input_otherstuff()"
/dtml-comment
First name:
input type="text" name="firstname"
dtml-if firstname value="dtml-var "firstname"" /dtml-if
br
Surname:
input type="text" name="surname"
dtml-if surname value="dtml-var "surname"" /dtml-if
br
Other stuff:
input type="text" name="otherstuff"
dtml-if otherstuff value="dtml-var "otherstuff"" /dtml-if
/dtml-if
input type="submit" value="Next"
/form
dtml-var standard_html_footer
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[Zope] SOAP (Re: [Zope] Oracle ZODB (Paul's talk in Paris))
ps. I've got to ask, Is there any prelim work being done on SOAP? I did write once a patch that worked (i.e. you could call methods inside Zope using SOAP and get the results back; the problems were with some type marshalling and error handling). You can get it from http://www.ppetru.net , though I haven't done anything on it in the last month (lack of time and lack of people's interest...) Petru ___ 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] Advice for new zope installation
Hi, After reading all the info about zope, I am very impressed with the possibilities it can deliver. However, before I migrate our existing site, I need to be certain about certain topics : - how easy and reliably can I manage my virtual hosts (about 8 sites right now) ? Very important. - how stable is Zope regarding to Apache on Linux ? - we have a MySql database, is it easy to connect with Zope ? - can I access the Zope internal database with e.g. ODBC ? - can I use log analyzers to get some statistics about our site ? - any advice about migrating an existing site ? Thanks, Henk Poppunt webmaster http://www.poppunt.be ___ 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] Running Zope 2.2.1 as NT service
On 27 Aug 2000, 12:50 Alexander Chelnokov wrote: The option seems to be unavailable under W2000. 2.1.6 could be run that way without any trouble. Could you please elaborate? I just installed 2.2.1 final on my developement machine, under win2000 prof us. The installer asked the usual questions, I answered "run as service", added "-P 0" in the registry, and finally started it by commanding "net start name of my service" in a command window. Worked like a charm. Later I changed the userid for this service from "System" to "Zope". After restarting the service, it ran without trouble, too. -- o ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] (+49 2241) 14-2394 /\* GMD mbH #include _`\ `_=== Schloss Birlinghoven, std.disclaimer __(_)/_(_)___.-._ 53754 Sankt Augustin, Germany ___ 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] getting parent document
Hi, This should be an easy task but a just cant get it to work. I have a dtml-method called test which I want to use like: someurl/document/test and in the dtml-method I want to include the document in its whole. I have tried something with the URL like: dtml-var dtml-var URL1 this offcourse dont work... but this neither... dtml-var _[URL1] What to do ?? -- Regards - Anders Holmbech Nielsen | Tlf: (+45) 70 22 56 00 Software Engineer | Fax: (+45) 70 22 57 00 Integrator Uniware A/S | http:/www.integrator.dk ___ 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] Where is news section how-to?
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[Zope] snippets (was RE: [Zope] Where do I find out about cookies?)
Hi RDM
Thanks! That works perfectly, and teaches me about namespaces.
I just had to fix '/dtml-else' (I also do that)::
dtml-if sort_key
dtml-if "REQUEST.form.has_key('sort_key')"
dtml-call "RESPONSE.setCookie('sort_key',REQUEST.form['sort_key'])"
/dtml-if
dtml-else
dtml-call "REQUEST.set('sort_key','title')"
dtml-call "RESPONSE.setCookie('sort_key','title')"
/dtml-if
Here's a shortened version of my own, from Squishdot. Instead
of this::
dtml-if "reply_cnt 1"
B(dtml-var reply_cnt commentsdtml-if body_len,
dtml-var body_len in body/dtml-if)/B
dtml-elif reply_cnt
B(dtml-var reply_cnt commentdtml-if body_len,
dtml-var body_len in body/dtml-if)/B
dtml-else
dtml-if body_len
B(dtml-var body_len in body)/B
/dtml-if
/dtml-if
I made this::
dtml-if body_len
b(dtml-if reply_cntdtml-var reply_cnt
commentdtml-if "reply_cnt 1"s/dtml-if,
/dtml-ifdtml-var body_len in body)/b
/dtml-if body_len
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[Zope] unauthorized when accessing /manage in zope 2.2.1
Hia Zopers, I'm totally confused and I couldn't figure it out in 2 working days so here it is: I have a Zope Product that makes use of different nested classes. When I create an instance of this product I always get an "unauthorized" error when clicking the instance in the management interface (=accessing instance/manage) even if I am logged in as a manager or superuser. The strange thing is that for example instance/manage_access works fine for me. I tried all stuph with permissions, switched acquisition on and off, added 'manage' to my permission tuple, gave everyone the right to view management-screens and so on. The error message says only "unauthorized" and the traceback points to Management.py Any Ideas? (btw: it worked fine in 2.1.6) thanx a lot philipp dunkel, zReal Productions, The Hague ___ 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] 2.2.1 and zdiscussion
By the way, if I now create a forum with ZUBB, are there any expected migration problems when I upgrade it to your next release? Ummm... ahem no? That is actually one of the things keeping the release back. Mr. Harris did some fine work but it does not upgrade very easily so I am trying to figure out how to include all / some of his functionality as well as be able to upgrade (since I am running a lot of production boards that I do not want to wipe out). I would say to play with the current release, get to know it and I will figure out how to make a mostly painless upgrade path. J Thanks again for your work on this. Best regards J Esteves -- jmce: +351 919838775 ~ http://artenumerica.com/ ~ http://artenumerica.org/ ___ 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] Newbie question: FORM processing in Zope.
Easy and hard answer. The easy answer is forget what you know about scripts/cgi and pulling in form variables from some sort of CGI method (perl module). Since Zope is a constant running process it does not require that you point to a script. Hard Answer: The basics are that all you have to do is give the form element a name (as you would in any form) and point the action of the form to another DTML Method/Document. In that M/D all you have to do to get the variable is call it with DTML-VAR variable_name 1) Create a form page with 'submit' with one text input box with a name of 'email_address'. 2) Point the action to a method called 'result' and create that 3) In the 'result' method include this code dtml-var email_address 4) Play around. When you submit from one you should be taken to the second page and the email_address should be there. Now, for validation you can do all sorts of tricky things. I happen to like to have the form point back to itself and have one method handle the entire activity. You can validate things by asking for them, or trying to do something else like put them into a database/email. If they are not there you will get an error so you can use dtml-try. What makes Zope great is that I can have the form and function in the same page (easier to update/check). Examples: (these are live and in production so please be kind) http://fundraising.gotschool.com/tell_a_friend.html http://market.gotschool.com/ (click on register for either school or supplier and notice how the form is different for both). Same thing done twice. J From: Amit Redij [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 17:15:03 +0530 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Zope] Newbie question: FORM processing in Zope. hi, I am a Perl/CGI programmer, trying out Zope. I am confused right now about HOW TO process FORM variables? and most important thing is how to validate form inputs.(like same thing is best done in PERL using regex) that is, if I have a html having some form variables and a submit button. I click on the submit button. it should call some script..right? My question is how to pass values from one script to another. how is this done in Zope? thanks a lot in advance. regards Amit .--. |o_o | |\_/ | // \ \Amit Redij (| | ) mailto:[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] How to Delete ZClass Instances programmatically??
Hi Zopers
I've found the "How-To: Adding ZClass Instances Programmatically",
but now I'm looking for the *Deleting ZClass Instances* one!
I'm trying this as a beginning (hacked from the Zope management
interface)::
dtml-if "AUTHENTICATED_USER.has_role('ContentManager')"
form action="dtml-var URL0" method="post"
/dtml-if
[...]
dtml-if "AUTHENTICATED_USER.has_role('ContentManager')"
input type="checkbox" name="ids:list" value="dtml-var id"
/dtml-if
[...]
dtml-if "AUTHENTICATED_USER.has_role('ContentManager')"
input type="submit" name="manage_delObjects:method" value="Delete"
/form
/dtml-if
Problems:
- it sends me to the management screen afterwards, and I'm
calling it from the public interface.
- I don't necessarily want to give the 'ContentManager' rights
to delete objects; I'd rather manage this through a delete
method with the appropriate proxy role.
Any advice or RTFM pointers?
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[Zope] dtml-tree question
Yellow ppl, Is there a way to use my own self made '+' icon in a tree tag? I'dd like to use my own icon only IF i want to... and not change the python source to use my own icon all the time! regards = Hugo Ramos - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZopersORG - http://www.zopers.org = Do not meddle in the affairs of programmers, for they are easy to annoy, and have all the source code!!! ___ 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] Re: [Zope-PTK] Re: [Zope] PTK and Membership product
Chris McDonough wrote: Forwarding this on from the Zope list to the PTK list albert boulanger wrote: From Friday's 8-25 PTK CVS PTK has logic to support the Membership product, but it seems to be using the old MembershipZ name. I want to use this combination because we have own own custom database where user accounting will be stored. (I am using PortalMembership version 0.7.2. By the way the version numbers in the code need updating -- it claims it is 0.7.0) Error Type: AttributeError Error Value: setMemberProperties FYI Membership and the latest CVS PTK have not been made compatible yet. That is why it does not work. Shane ___ 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] rotate Z2.log
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[Zope] RE: How to Delete ZClass Instances programmatically??
Instead of directing your form to URL0 direct it back to your custom
interface. In your form you can evaluate the value of submit to determine
the appropriate action:
dtml-if "REQUEST['submit'] == 'Delete'"
dtml-call "manage_delObjects(ids)"
untested.
Roché
-Original Message-
From: Jean Jordaan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 28 August 2000 01:43
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Cc: RC Compaan (E-mail)
Subject: How to Delete ZClass Instances programmatically??
Hi Zopers
I've found the "How-To: Adding ZClass Instances Programmatically",
but now I'm looking for the *Deleting ZClass Instances* one!
I'm trying this as a beginning (hacked from the Zope management
interface)::
dtml-if "AUTHENTICATED_USER.has_role('ContentManager')"
form action="dtml-var URL0" method="post"
/dtml-if
[...]
dtml-if "AUTHENTICATED_USER.has_role('ContentManager')"
input type="checkbox" name="ids:list" value="dtml-var id"
/dtml-if
[...]
dtml-if "AUTHENTICATED_USER.has_role('ContentManager')"
input type="submit" name="manage_delObjects:method" value="Delete"
/form
/dtml-if
Problems:
- it sends me to the management screen afterwards, and I'm
calling it from the public interface.
- I don't necessarily want to give the 'ContentManager' rights
to delete objects; I'd rather manage this through a delete
method with the appropriate proxy role.
Any advice or RTFM pointers?
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Re: [Zope] rotate Z2.log
Marcus Mendes wrote: Hello, How can I rotate my Z2.log?? It's very large ! Using the same method as for rotating Apache logs. For instance, on my Debian Linux I created the file /etc/cron.daily/zope_daily (made via copying and editing equivalent file for Apache), which rotates logs. Examine the attachement... -- Serwis dla programistw, kcik mieszkaniowy: http://www.mk.w.pl | | The only way to truly control a software project is to continuously | measure its progress, compare that to the plan, and then adjust the | development parameters to correct any deviation. Simple. (Martin) #!/bin/sh # # Rotowanie logw zope cd /opt/Zope-var/var LOGS=/opt/Zope-var/var/Z2.log USR=www-data GRP=www-data [ -f $LOGS ] || exit 0 APACHE_OLD_LOGS=35 APACHE_DAYS_TO_RUN=all APACHE_DAY_TO_RUN=any APACHE_POST_SCRIPT= APACHE_CHOWN_LOGFILES=1 umask 022 RUNTODAY=0 if [ "$APACHE_DAY_TO_RUN" = "any" ] ; then # Get today's day and convert to lowercase. TODAY=$(date +%a | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z') # Convert days_to_run to lowercase. APACHE_DAYS_TO_RUN=$(echo $APACHE_DAYS_TO_RUN | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z') echo "$APACHE_DAYS_TO_RUN" | grep -q "$TODAY" RUNTODAY=1 [ "$APACHE_DAYS_TO_RUN" = "all" ] RUNTODAY=1 else # Get today's day: 01 .. 31 TODAY=$(date +%d | cat) if [ $APACHE_DAY_TO_RUN = "$TODAY" ] ; then RUNTODAY=1; fi # Get today's day: 001 .. 366 TODAY=$(date +%j | cat) if [ $APACHE_DAY_TO_RUN = "$TODAY" ] ; then RUNTODAY=1; fi fi if [ "$RUNTODAY" = "1" ] ; then for LOG in $LOGS do if [ -f $LOG ] then if [ "$APACHE_CHOWN_LOGFILES" = "1" ] then savelog -c $APACHE_OLD_LOGS -m 664 -u $USR -g $GRP \ $LOG /dev/null else savelog -c $APACHE_OLD_LOGS -m 644 -u root -g root \ $LOG /dev/null fi fi done /etc/init.d/zope restart ## Send a reload signal to the e server. #/etc/init.d/apache reload /dev/null # Run apache post processing script if executable. if [ -x "$APACHE_POST_SCRIPT" ] then $APACHE_POST_SCRIPT fi fi
[Zope] updating only zCatalog ?
Hi Zopers, I'm really happy that the with the newest zope releases the zCatalog has got more stable. I'd like to use it for my Products, but I don't have the time now to port everything to the new zope version. Is it possible to only use the new catalog and which files do I have to change/update ? Or is the catalog even as a product available? TIA philipp dunkel ___ 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] Better Demo Templates
Jean Jordaan wrote: I've already made a couple for own use, but will try and make one to be general and comment it, send when I'm done. Great :-) I look forward to it... cheers, Chris ___ 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] Newbie question: FORM processing in Zope.
A great resource for newbies is the collection of How-To's http://www.zope.org/Documentation/How-To (or better yet: http://www.zope.org/Members/AlexR/tips/howto_list where you can use browser search to find what you need). Search for "forms" and you will see, for example: http://www.zope.org/Members/jules/smarterforms_html In short, the methods of Zope objects are all "CGI scripts". For the "action" of a form, you supply the url of a form-handling method of some Zope object you have created. When that method runs, form fields are stored in the dictionary (hash, to you) that implements the namespace for the request. You access them as simple DTML variables: e.g. dtml-var form_field_name If you want to send the value of that form field on to another form, you do it much the same as in Perl -- you code a hidden form field and assign it the value dtml-var form_field_name. -- Hope that helps -- Loren - Original Message - From: "Amit Redij" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: August 28, 2000 04:45 AM Subject: [Zope] Newbie question: FORM processing in Zope. hi, I am a Perl/CGI programmer, trying out Zope. I am confused right now about HOW TO process FORM variables? and most important thing is how to validate form inputs.(like same thing is best done in PERL using regex) that is, if I have a html having some form variables and a submit button. I click on the submit button. it should call some script..right? My question is how to pass values from one script to another. how is this done in Zope? thanks a lot in advance. regards Amit .--. |o_o | |\_/ | // \ \Amit Redij (| | ) mailto:[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] List of object's name in a ZClass
Hi, In a Zope folder, I have : - 1 instance of a personnal ZClass A - 10or more instances of ZClass B - a DTML document I would like to call a DTML method (which is implemented in the ZClass A) from the DTML document to display a list of all instances names of ZClasse B If somebody know how to do that... Thanks for all
[Zope] Problem with SiteAccess 1.0.1
Hello, I have some minor problems with SiteAccess 1.0.1 and Zope 2.1.6 + hotfix. 1. When click on the folder that contain SiteRoot, I need to enter again login and password. Why ? 2. When I delete an object, I have always an script error message. Why ? Are these problems already fixed ? Is the SiteAccess 1.0.1 product stable enough to use it in production ? ___ 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] Sub Class Question
On Sun, 27 Aug 2000, Loren Stafford wrote: Here's what MJ told me about that case. I'm not sure it applies to your case. Did you try it? Did it work? Thanks for the info. It was the Extension class piece I was missing. I tested it on a regular class, of course grin. The original problem wasn't mine. I think his problem was different (passing **kw on to a class method), and I think I pointed him to the right answer but haven't seen a followup post. --RDM ___ 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] rotate Z2.log
You can patch Z2.py so that line 599 (or thereabouts) instead of: lg = logger.file_logger(LOG_PATH) reads: lg = logger.rotating_file_logger(LOG_PATH, freq='daily', maxsize=400) - Original Message - From: "Marcin Kasperski" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Zope List Submission" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 6:39 AM Subject: Re: [Zope] rotate Z2.log Marcus Mendes wrote: Hello, How can I rotate my Z2.log?? It's very large ! Using the same method as for rotating Apache logs. For instance, on my Debian Linux I created the file /etc/cron.daily/zope_daily (made via copying and editing equivalent file for Apache), which rotates logs. Examine the attachement... -- Serwis dla programistw, kcik mieszkaniowy: http://www.mk.w.pl | | The only way to truly control a software project is to continuously | measure its progress, compare that to the plan, and then adjust the | development parameters to correct any deviation. Simple. (Martin) #!/bin/sh # # Rotowanie logw zope cd /opt/Zope-var/var LOGS=/opt/Zope-var/var/Z2.log USR=www-data GRP=www-data [ -f $LOGS ] || exit 0 APACHE_OLD_LOGS=35 APACHE_DAYS_TO_RUN=all APACHE_DAY_TO_RUN=any APACHE_POST_SCRIPT= APACHE_CHOWN_LOGFILES=1 umask 022 RUNTODAY=0 if [ "$APACHE_DAY_TO_RUN" = "any" ] ; then # Get today's day and convert to lowercase. TODAY=$(date +%a | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z') # Convert days_to_run to lowercase. APACHE_DAYS_TO_RUN=$(echo $APACHE_DAYS_TO_RUN | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z') echo "$APACHE_DAYS_TO_RUN" | grep -q "$TODAY" RUNTODAY=1 [ "$APACHE_DAYS_TO_RUN" = "all" ] RUNTODAY=1 else # Get today's day: 01 .. 31 TODAY=$(date +%d | cat) if [ $APACHE_DAY_TO_RUN = "$TODAY" ] ; then RUNTODAY=1; fi # Get today's day: 001 .. 366 TODAY=$(date +%j | cat) if [ $APACHE_DAY_TO_RUN = "$TODAY" ] ; then RUNTODAY=1; fi fi if [ "$RUNTODAY" = "1" ] ; then for LOG in $LOGS do if [ -f $LOG ] then if [ "$APACHE_CHOWN_LOGFILES" = "1" ] then savelog -c $APACHE_OLD_LOGS -m 664 -u $USR -g $GRP \ $LOG /dev/null else savelog -c $APACHE_OLD_LOGS -m 644 -u root -g root \ $LOG /dev/null fi fi done /etc/init.d/zope restart ## Send a reload signal to the e server. #/etc/init.d/apache reload /dev/null # Run apache post processing script if executable. if [ -x "$APACHE_POST_SCRIPT" ] then $APACHE_POST_SCRIPT fi fi ___ 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] ZClass -- Product
HI, I want to know if there is any utility that let translate a ZClass to a Product, i'm worry using the frames based interface, so i'm considering to switch to a Product a utility that let that would be usefull howevere a HOWTO on doing this would be fine. thanks, Nestor A. Diaz Ingeniero de Desarrollo Engendro - Comercio Electronico sobre Linux Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - WWW: http://www.engendro.com ___ 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] Problem with SiteAccess 1.0.1
From: William JOYE [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have some minor problems with SiteAccess 1.0.1 and Zope 2.1.6 + hotfix. 1. When click on the folder that contain SiteRoot, I need to enter again login and password. Why ? Most likely, because you have a Base set in your SiteRoot that differs from the base URL you had logged into. Your browser will not send your authentication information to a URL with a different host name. 2. When I delete an object, I have always an script error message. Why ? Sorry, you'll need to be more specific. When you delete an object inside the SiteRooted folder, or anywhere? What error message? (traceback too, please) Are these problems already fixed ? Is the SiteAccess 1.0.1 product stable enough to use it in production ? It runs all of my domains, and those of a fair number of other people. YMMV. Cheers, Evan @ digicool 4-am ___ 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] FSSession problems...
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Curtis Maloney wrote: /dtml-if This was aparently working fine for quite some time (about a month of public usage), until last week. We have examined logs, and seen that one person accidentaly used the system under someone elses ReturnerID, and then rectified their mistake. If he did rectify the mistake then that should not have resulted in a problem. In any case the problem should have been isolated to that user only. Could it be that the cookie is cached somewhere? I am not familiar with the underlying pricinciples of the apache Proxy directives. Pavlos ___ 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] Re. Advice for new zope installation
Henk Schets wonders: - how easy and reliably can I manage my virtual hosts (about 8 sites right now) ? Very important. The SiteAccess product contributed by Evan Simpson is a popular solution. http://www.zope.org/Members/4am/SiteAccess2 - how stable is Zope regarding to Apache on Linux ? That's how "the Zope Folks" at Digital Creations run Zope, so I'd guess it's about a clean as can be. However, there is more than one approach. Probably the easiest is ZAP, which comes with a preconfigured Apache. http://www.zope.org/Members/michel/Products/Zap Start here: http://www.zope.org/Members/guy_davis/install_routes Below is the tip of the iceberg from a search on "apache", at Zope.org http://www.zope.org/Members/shaw/HowTo/ApacheFrontEnd http://www.zope.org/Members/nemeth/howtos/zopeandapacherh61 http://www.zope.org/Members/anser/apache_zserver http://www.zope.org/Members/michel/HowTos/ApacheRewriting http://www.zope.org/Members/kedai/apache_zope_fcgi - we have a MySql database, is it easy to connect with Zope ? Lot's of folks use MySQL with Zope, and there's a ready made "DA" (database adapter) just for this purpose. http://www.zope.org/Members/mordred/ZMySQLDA - can I access the Zope internal database with e.g. ODBC ? So far, no. New and interesting ways of storing Zope Objects are being developed though, so let's not count this one out. - can I use log analyzers to get some statistics about our site ? Zope does do some logging, but I don't know much about that. Maybe someone could answer? - any advice about migrating an existing site ? One handy item that I have used is Jonathan Farr's LocalFS. This way you can keep serving static pages and images "directly" from a local file system, and frees you to decide when the time is right to turn all those icons into Zope Objects. http://www.zope.org/Members/jfarr/Products/LocalFS Also, leverage your MySQL for all its worth. The more stuff you can abstract into tables and treat as lists, the more you'll like Zope! Later, Jerry S. ___ 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] Advice for new zope installation
From: "Henk Schets" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 09:08:44 +0200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Zope] Advice for new zope installation - how easy and reliably can I manage my virtual hosts (about 8 sites right now) ? Very important. Much easier than you can imagine. I have 5 sites (different domains) right now running off of one installation and I can't tell you how much easier it has made my life. I can 'manage' into the root of the installation and play with all the sites. Any products I install can be used on all of them and yet to the outside user they are all totally different. I am moving over 3 more so within a few months should be at 8. - how stable is Zope regarding to Apache on Linux ? Very. Most of my Linux boxes stay up forever (150+ days and counting). Zope is harder to tell since you have to restart it with some products. Out of the 4 or 5 Zope instances I have running they all stay up as long as I don't reboot them (usually 30-50 days). Plus, since you can configure Zope to watch its own process you are doubly sure it will stay up. Apache is well, bulletproof. - we have a MySql database, is it easy to connect with Zope ? Haven't done it but PostgreSQL is a bit tough on the install (a half day) but very stable after that. - can I access the Zope internal database with e.g. ODBC ? Nope. Not that kind of database. Think more flat file. - can I use log analyzers to get some statistics about our site ? Oh yes. I find that Zope alone (no Apache) produces the best logs. it is CLF so most log analyzers will get it. I use Analog and it is great. (http://www.analog.cx). - any advice about migrating an existing site ? There is a program call LoadSite (look on Zope.org) But that only gets you half way there. I would suggest that you start from scratch but you will soon see that since Zope is so good at content management and design it will be much easier to move over lots of data and you will learn new and better ways of displaying it. J ___ 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] Showing the name of a file-type form variable
Hi
file.filename should be what you are after. e.g. In my latest project I set a
variable myFileName to be the name of the file uploaded using
dtml-var "REQUEST.set('myFileName',file.filename)"
where file is the name of my file upload control in my form.
Ian
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Hi Zopers
I've got this::
tdinput type="file"
name="file"
dtml-if file value="dtml-var "file"" /dtml-if
/td
Which returns::
ZPublisher.HTTPRequest.FileUpload instance at 131dc48
in the input box. I'd really rather have the filename. How does
one do that?
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Re: [Zope] Cool JavaScript
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Luis Cortes wrote: Hi, I am looking for some cool Java script sites -- I would like to see how some button effects are done. Anyone got one out there? http://www.google.com/search?q=javascripthl=ensafe=off ___ 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] Re: Automatic creation of searchable documents from Oracle DB tables
Hi Chris, I've a system, where folks enter data through some HTML forms - DTML methods - Oracle tables. This is mainly used for storing web page content. Then I generate a static document using a chosen template, from the database. I think this is some what similar to your requirement. This is seemingly a round about way of doing things. My reasons: 1. I'm not really confident in ZODB recovery in case of a data corruption. 2. I'm lot more confident of getting data out of Oracle using SQL, than writing Python on ZODB :-( 3. Our content can grow quite large, 20-25GB is very realistic. 4. Oracle's interMedia search is very capable. 5. As long as core content is in Oracle, the front end can be Zope or PHP or ASP as the suites might dictate. Why the hell do I make static document back from database? 1. Dynamically creating documents from Oracle is time consuming. So, I create static version as some kind of cache. 2. To create links between data in database, it is a lot more easier for users, with static versions. I've working code for this that I could share with you. Ideally what I want is 1. ZClass to reflect document attributes 2. When one manages a ZClass instance, corresponding record in Oracle gets managed as well. Didn't get time to check this properly. Someone told be ZPatterns will be of great help. But then again, Paul Everitt has said that they are working on Oracle+ZODB. I worked on an Oracle based storage for some time, but then dropped it. To make a long story short, for help on making static content from RDBMS, there is an excellent HOW-TO at www.zope.org/Members/rossl/GenerateStaticPages HTH [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mamlegault.com/~vsbabu/ ___ 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] Cool JavaScript
Luis Cortes wrote: Hi, I am looking for some cool Java script sites -- I would like to see how some button effects are done. Anyone got one out there? Thanks ahead of time, Luis. http://www.brainjar.com some of the slickest dhtml i've seen. Kapil ___ 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] Nested dtml???
I am trying to work my way up through folders, checking whether each
folder has a property named 'site_root_folder'. Logically (in *my*
head anyway), what I have written below is what I want to do, but I'm
not sure that I'm really writing this the write way. I vaguely
remember reading that I can't nest dtml-if tags within dtml-in tags.
I'd really appreciate any help on this
tim
dtml-let level=0
dtml-in level
dtml-if "PARENTS[level].hasProperty('site_root_folder')"
dtml-var "PARENTS[level].absolute_url()"
dtml-else level="level+1"
/dtml-in
/dtml-let
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Re: [Zope] SiteAccess 2.0b3 missing setURL?
From: "albert boulanger" [EMAIL PROTECTED] An oversight or is there a change in API? Change in API; You want REQUEST.setServerURL, which is documented here: http://www.zope.org/Members/michel/Projects/Interfaces/ImplementingVirtualHo sts Cheers, Evan @ 4-am digicool ___ 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] SiteAccess 2.0b3 missing setURL?
Change in API; You want REQUEST.setServerURL, which is documented here: http://www.zope.org/Members/michel/Projects/Interfaces/ImplementingVirtualHo sts Ok the doc says: Backward Rewriting Any URLs generated by an application should take virtual hosting into account by replacing the VirtualRoot's physical path with its virtual path. The base elements may also need to be rewritten. REQUEST.setServerURL(protocol=None, hostname=None, port=None) - Hmm no path arg mentioned here but the description says This method modifies the URL-related variables in the PublisherRequest to have the specified protocol, hostname, port, and path, while leaving unspecified parts alone. Returns the new value of REQUEST['SERVER_URL']. What happened to the path argument to the function? The doc indicates its should be there, but it seems to be missing: Zope Error Zope has encountered an error while publishing this resource. TypeError Sorry, a Zope error occurred. Traceback (innermost last): File /users/hog/software/zope/Zope-2.2.0-solaris-2.6-sparc/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 222, in publish_module File /users/hog/software/zope/Zope-2.2.0-solaris-2.6-sparc/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 187, in publish File /users/hog/software/zope/Zope-2.2.0-solaris-2.6-sparc/lib/python/Zope/__init__.py, line 221, in zpublisher_exception_hook (Object: Traversable) File /users/hog/software/zope/Zope-2.2.0-solaris-2.6-sparc/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 162, in publish File /users/hog/software/zope/Zope-2.2.0-solaris-2.6-sparc/lib/python/ZPublisher/BaseRequest.py, line 309, in traverse File /users/hog/software/zope/Zope-2.2.0-solaris-2.6-sparc/lib/python/ZPublisher/BeforeTraverse.py, line 85, in __call__ File /users/hog/software/zope/Zope-2.2.0-solaris-2.6-sparc/lib/python/Products/SiteAccess/AccessRule.py, line 22, in __call__ File /users/hog/software/zope/Zope-2.2.0-solaris-2.6-sparc/lib/python/ZPublisher/BeforeTraverse.py, line 112, in __call__ File /users/hog/software/zope/Zope-2.2.0-solaris-2.6-sparc/lib/python/OFS/DTMLMethod.py, line 172, in __call__ (Object: dtProcessSession) File /users/hog/software/zope/Zope-2.2.0-solaris-2.6-sparc/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_String.py, line 528, in __call__ (Object: dtProcessSession) File /users/hog/software/zope/Zope-2.2.0-solaris-2.6-sparc/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_Util.py, line 337, in eval (Object: REQUEST.setServerURL(path=REQUEST.steps+[SessionID])) (Info: REQUEST) File string, line 0, in ? TypeError: unexpected keyword argument: path Puzzled, Albert Boulanger [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] ANN: ZWikiZC version 0.7.3 alpha
The ZWikiZC version 0.7.3 alpha completely rely on ZCatalog for looking up WikiPages from WikiNames. No references are stored in the ZWikiZG page letting cutpaste, delete and other management actions ignore updating links. I bellew this is a more scalable solution than in the version 0.7.2 alpha. Bottle neck might be if a page contains alote of WikiNames. I also cleaned it up a bit (remove some hacky stuff from the old ZWiki). Also added are keywords, wiki_meta_types and author_ids. http://www.zope.org/Members/johanc/ZWikiZG/wiki Cheers, Johan Carlsson ___ 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 )
