Re: [Zope3-Users] zc.tables integration with Zope3

2006-08-23 Thread Martijn Faassen
Jim Washington wrote: This is probably a bit premature, but I have been doing some thinking about reordering/batching of large sets. My current (not-quite-ready-for-prime-time) solution involves factoradics, and I have done a bit of a write-up on my blog, http://blog.hill-street.net/?p=5 .

Re: [Zope3-Users] zc.tables integration with Zope3

2006-08-23 Thread Jim Washington
Martijn Faassen wrote: Jim Washington wrote: This is probably a bit premature, but I have been doing some thinking about reordering/batching of large sets. My current (not-quite-ready-for-prime-time) solution involves factoradics, and I have done a bit of a write-up on my blog,

Re: [Zope3-Users] zc.tables integration with Zope3

2006-08-23 Thread David Pratt
Hi Jim. This approach is completely new to me. It is interesting and I'll keep an eye on your blog. How expensive is updating indexes with data modification. You are talking about sqlite, does this mean you figure the indexes would be a significant drag on the ZODB due their size or is this

Re: [Zope3-Users] zc.tables integration with Zope3

2006-08-23 Thread Jim Washington
David Pratt wrote: Hi Jim. This approach is completely new to me. It is interesting and I'll keep an eye on your blog. How expensive is updating indexes with data modification. You are talking about sqlite, does this mean you figure the indexes would be a significant drag on the ZODB due their

Re: [Zope3-Users] zc.tables integration with Zope3

2006-08-22 Thread David Pratt
Hi Stephan. Could a Zope3 branch be set up in the zope repository so that your enhanced tables code can be added to the branch (so contents view refactored using it)? The contents view class could be the model for using the tables package in zope3. In fact, it could be become the base class

Re: [Zope3-Users] zc.tables integration with Zope3

2006-08-22 Thread Stephan Richter
On Tuesday 22 August 2006 09:27, David Pratt wrote: Hi Stephan. Could a Zope3 branch be set up in the zope repository so that your enhanced tables code can be added to the branch (so contents view refactored using it)? The contents view class could be the model for using the tables package in

Re: [Zope3-Users] zc.tables integration with Zope3

2006-08-22 Thread Martijn Faassen
Benji York wrote: Stephan Richter wrote: Note that I am -1 for including zc.table at this stage. I feel that it needs some more thought and real-life usage. Note: I use zc.table *a lot*! I'm +1 on your -1. It's a bit early yet. Plus the eggification of 3.4 will hopefully reduce the need

[Zope3-Users] zc.tables integration with Zope3

2006-08-21 Thread David Pratt
Hi. I am wondering if zc.tables could not be incorporated into Zope3 trunk. My rational for its inclusion is so that the contents views may be refactored to use it. The current contents view makes little sense without batching and sorting. The ZMI could really use this basic face lift to bring

Re: [Zope3-Users] zc.tables integration with Zope3

2006-08-21 Thread Stephan Richter
On Monday 21 August 2006 15:14, David Pratt wrote: Hi. I am wondering if zc.tables could not be incorporated into Zope3 trunk. My rational for its inclusion is so that the contents views may be refactored to use it. The current contents view makes little sense without batching and sorting. The

Re: [Zope3-Users] zc.tables integration with Zope3

2006-08-21 Thread Stephan Richter
On Monday 21 August 2006 17:07, Fred Drake wrote: Huh?  Whatever for?  Are you planning to use zc.table for something other than tabular data?  (X)HTML tables are entirely reasonable for tabular data, which is the only use case I'm aware of. That depends on the designer you talk to. :-) I

Re: [Zope3-Users] zc.tables integration with Zope3

2006-08-21 Thread Benji York
Stephan Richter wrote: On Monday 21 August 2006 17:07, Fred Drake wrote: Huh? Whatever for? Are you planning to use zc.table for something other than tabular data? (X)HTML tables are entirely reasonable for tabular data, which is the only use case I'm aware of. That depends on the

Re: [Zope3-Users] zc.tables integration with Zope3

2006-08-21 Thread Stephan Richter
On Monday 21 August 2006 17:34, Benji York wrote: I don't think I'd be very happy with a div-based zc.table. Then don't use it. It will be an alternative, of course. I will not break the existing API and output. Regards, Stephan -- Stephan Richter CBU Physics Chemistry (B.S.) / Tufts Physics

Re: [Zope3-Users] zc.tables integration with Zope3

2006-08-21 Thread Benji York
Stephan Richter wrote: On Monday 21 August 2006 17:34, Benji York wrote: I don't think I'd be very happy with a div-based zc.table. Then don't use it. It will be an alternative, of course. I will not break the existing API and output. Oh! I misunderstood. I couldn't imagine that the