Thomas Förster wrote: >On Friday, 8. March 2002 09:50, Bjorn Stabell wrote: > >>I'm trying to use Zope without storing everything in ZODB while still >>having the perception of an object-oriented database. I want to control >>the object-to-relational mapping layer, but would like the loading and >>saving of objects to be automatic. Is there some way to do that using >>Zope? >> >>Where would I, e.g., hook into to get automatic loading/cacheing/saving >>of objects that weren't stored in ZODB, and where I could actually >>create the methods to load/save objects myself (I want to control the >>data structure). >> >If you want to control the mapping, just define your own Storage (I do not >know how hard it is, maybe the 'gurus' do?) and then tweak your Zope instance >to use your custom Storage instead of the default FileStorage. >That way you do not have to care about automatic loading/saving of your >objects. > One suggestion more: not use instead of FileStorage but in addition to main storage. You can see how external storages are mounted into ZODB as subtrees at http://www.zope.org/About ([EMAIL PROTECTED] are mounted just in that way). -- Myroslav Opyr zope.net.ua <http://zope.net.ua/> ° Ukrainian Zope Hosting e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cell: +380 50.3174578
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