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REQUEST, RESPONSE & Acquisition
by Michael Collins 28 Jun '99

28 Jun '99

Hi, I'm building an external method which looks at its parent folders list of DTML documents and publishes it. At first, I thought I could just call the document template, something like: function return(self): toReturn = self.index_html return toReturn(toReturn) This works fine as long as the document has no variables of its own, but if, say default_html_header is referenced, the call barfs. As far as I can tell, the document has acquired nothing. I've been poking around the source code, and I'm really not sure what's going on. Does anyone have a helpful suggestion?

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Where is the Let tag? (Was: RE: regex vs. re)
by Martijn Pieters 28 Jun '99

28 Jun '99

At 15:26 28/06/99 , Michel Pelletier wrote: ><SNIP> >The Let tag rules! Then why isn't it checked into CVS in yet? =( -- Martijn Pieters, Web Developer | Antraciet http://www.antraciet.nl | Tel: +31-35-7502100 Fax: +31-35-7502111 | mailto:mj@antraciet.nl http://www.antraciet.nl/~mj | PGP: http://wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8A32149 ------------------------------------------

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RE: [Zope-dev] regex vs. re
by Michel Pelletier 28 Jun '99

28 Jun '99

> -----Original Message----- > From: Phillip J. Eby [mailto:pje@telecommunity.com] > Sent: Sunday, June 27, 1999 10:04 AM > To: zope-dev(a)zope.org > Subject: [Zope-dev] regex vs. re > > > Why do DocumentTemplates and ZPublisher use regex instead of > re? Since re > is thread-safe and regex isn't, wouldn't it make sense to > move things in > the 're' direction? Or is Python 1.4 still being supported for these > packages? > > One reason I ask is that I'm about to begin using regular > expression in > ZPublished code, and I'm wondering whether there's some > special reason I > should use regex instead of re. (Aside from the fact that it > would mean > not loading two different regular expression libraries, of > course. :) ) > Speed is one of the reasons, I'm no expert in this area, but aparently regex is faster than re. Also, in may cases we use regex in a threadsafe fasion. In the cases where we use regex in a non-threadsafe fasion, we use t_regex, which is our mutex locked wrapper around regex. Another reason is time for conversion. We never got around to converting to re when it was release, mostly because regex worked and we didn't want to shift the underlying sands. If you want to try and make an re pure version of ZPublisher, let us know how it goes. If it's as fast and cleaner, we'll probably use it (after extensive testing, of course ;). The Let tag rules! -Michel > > _______________________________________________ > Zope-Dev maillist - Zope-Dev(a)zope.org > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev > > (For non-developer, user-level issues, use the companion list, > zope(a)zope.org, http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ) >

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RE: [Zope-dev] folderish Products
by Michel Pelletier 28 Jun '99

28 Jun '99

> -----Original Message----- > From: Josh Zeidner [mailto:jmz_phylogenic@hotmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, June 27, 1999 12:03 AM > To: zope-dev(a)zope.org > Subject: [Zope-dev] folderish Products > > > The Product API describes how to make simple objects but > not "Folderish" > ones. How do I find out how to do this? > > - Josh Zeidner > Phylogenic Inc. > from OFS.Folder import Folder class MyThingy(Folder): pass Is a simple foldoid. The folder API is documented mostly in code, Check out lib/python/OFS/ObjectManager.py and in the same directory Folder.py. -Michel > > _______________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com > > _______________________________________________ > Zope-Dev maillist - Zope-Dev(a)zope.org > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev > > (For non-developer, user-level issues, use the companion list, > zope(a)zope.org, http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ) >

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RE: [Zope-dev] Upper limit on DB size
by Michel Pelletier 28 Jun '99

28 Jun '99

> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Collins > [mailto:Michael_Collins@amchoor.ndim.edrc.cmu.edu] > Sent: Saturday, June 26, 1999 4:09 PM > To: zope-dev(a)zope.org > Subject: [Zope-dev] Upper limit on DB size > > > Is there a reasonable guess as to how large I can build a > database before I > encounter serious performance degradation? Currently, I'm in > need of a rather > large persistent object that I might access somewhere in the > vicinity of 60 > times a second. > I foresee no problems. Can you tell us more about this object? -Michel > > _______________________________________________ > Zope-Dev maillist - Zope-Dev(a)zope.org > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev > > (For non-developer, user-level issues, use the companion list, > zope(a)zope.org, http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ) >

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Directory layout.
by Andreas Kostyrka 28 Jun '99

28 Jun '99

Hi! I've been wondering if there is a standard for INSTANCE_HOME layout? The only thing I've found are IH/var -> Obj. Database. IH/lib/python/Products -> Instance products. (Did the Instance product patch make it into Z2.0?) Philosophing a bit, I'd think that a more organized structure might help, because there exist some categories: *) file based Zope Configuration. At the moment this is only the access file. I'd propose to put Zope generic configuration into IH/etc/ *) file based Product Configuration. To seperate this exactly, I'd propose IH/etc/ProductName/ *) data. Like the object base, gadfly tables, etc. IH/var/ *) runtime information. Like the pid and socket files of pcgi, etc. Either IH/var/ or IH/var/run/ by default. Actually most of this is anyway configured to follow local system administration principles. *) Binaries. Some products may come with helper scripts, this should all land in IH/bin/ (or if the product is installed in the Zope installation, then it should be in ZI/bin/ *hmmm, does this make sense? Shouldn't be all helpers available in the installation home?*) What for file based Product Configuration? For anything dangerous. For example Zope as such stores it root passwd in a file, and makes it explicitly not editable from the web. Another example: SpoolQueues: As they allow arbitrary commands to be executed with the Zope process context, it is not a good thing to allow some of your customers to enter the commands. Much better to have the queue definition (containing all the commands needed for queue management) in an external file. (You can't really edit it easily without a direct view of the server filesystem. And you may need to write helper scripts to do the exact task you want them to do.) Andreas -- Win95: n., A huge annoying boot virus that causes random spontaneous system crashes, usually just before saving a massive project. Easily cured by UNIX. See also MS-DOS, IBM-DOS, DR-DOS, Win 3.x, Win98.

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Accessing Gadfly via External Method
by HCSCCS＠prudential.com.my 28 Jun '99

28 Jun '99

> > 1. I can't create a External Method even though I had followed the > description. Can anyone give an example of how to do it? Did you create the Extensions directory in the Zope root folder? try something simple like def simple(self): return 'Goodmorning' and call it from a DTML method like:  ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the above. Well, I have another problem with EM (external method). I can run my code normally when I was in the shell but when I tried to accecss it thru a DTML Method via a EM I got Attribute error. Here's an example:- This is my python file (policy.py) in the Extensions dir. #!/usr/local/bin/python def ViewAll(): import gadfly connection = gadfly.gadfly("policy", "/usr/local/src/Zope-2.0.0a1-src/Extensions/Policy") <<<<-- error here cursor = connection.cursor() cursor.execute("select * from policy") recs = cursor.fetchall() connection.close() return recs External Method: id : ViewAll, function: ViewAll, Module: policy <-- fine over here DTML Method:  =====> Attribute Error on the connection line. Any problem with my code?? Why? I tried  with no error but the result is not that I wanted! Thanks for any solution or suggestion, Paul Chung

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DT_Var, DT_Util questions.
by Andreas Kostyrka 28 Jun '99

28 Jun '99

Reading over DT_Var, I've noticed the following: # The rest are depricated: 'sql-quote': sql_quote, 'html-quote': html_quote, So how do I express the meaning of  without the html_quote subtag? I'm asking this, because I'm currently developing a generalised Spooling mechanism, and because of the intended usage, I planned to produce something like this:  \documentclass[a4paper]{dinbrief} \usepackage{mtgbrief} \begin{document} \date{} \begin{letter}{ \\ ...  Ok, so the tex_quote format should be probably declared in a seperate package, because people who don't spool LaTeX documents don't need it, but what is the correct way to provide this functionality? - --- - Another question, what is the correct way to parse any argument type with DT_Util.parse_params? (Or what other function to use?) At the moment, I'm stuck with "--> I'd prefer to allow queues to take arbitrary named arguments as in "--> Andreas -- Win95: n., A huge annoying boot virus that causes random spontaneous system crashes, usually just before saving a massive project. Easily cured by UNIX. See also MS-DOS, IBM-DOS, DR-DOS, Win 3.x, Win98.

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RE: [Zope-dev] Z SQl Method (Newbie)
by HCSCCS＠prudential.com.my 28 Jun '99

28 Jun '99

Thanks pal. Anyway, I still failed to create a table. My SQL stmt is "CREATE TABLE policy (id varchar, status varchar)" and the error I get is Zope Error Zope has encountered an error while publishing this resource. exceptions.AttributeError Sorry, a Zope error occurred. Traceback (innermost last): File /usr/local/src/Zope-2.0.0a1-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 255, in publish_module File /usr/local/src/Zope-2.0.0a1-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 165, in publish File /usr/local/src/Zope-2.0.0a1-src/lib/python/BoboPOS/TJar.py, line 281, in commit File /usr/local/src/Zope-2.0.0a1-src/lib/python/BoboPOS/TJar.py, line 200, in maybe_commit_objects AttributeError: _p_changed Pls help. T.Q. -----Original Message----- From: Martijn Pieters [SMTP:mj@antraciet.nl] Sent: Friday, June 25, 1999 9:53 AM To: Paul Chung Chee Soong; zope-dev Subject: Re: [Zope-dev] Z SQl Method (Newbie) At 11:53 25/06/99 , Paul Chung Chee Soong wrote: >Create a Z Gadfly Database Connection. I created a directory 'test' in >Zope-2.0.0a1-src/var/gadfly and it appeared in the Data Source field. How >can I access it thru SQL Method since it isn't a database at all (just a >plain dir !!). Can I create a database or table via SQL Method? > >Do I need to link the data source with a gadfly database? If yes, how?? > >By default, there's a demo data source. How can I use it????? How do I >know what are the tables in it anyway?? Thus, I can't use the SQL Method. > >I would appreciate very much if you can reply as soon as possible. I need >to use SQL Method desperately now. No tables have been defined yet. You can create tables using a SQL method, using standard Data Definition Language syntax: CREATE TABLE <tablename> (<column definition> [, <column definition>]*) x�>"'

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FW: [Zope] RE: [Zope-dev] Z SQl Method (Newbie)
by Alexander Staubo 28 Jun '99

28 Jun '99

But does Gadfly work in 2.0? I know for a fact it doesn't work in 1.11.0pr1, and the error you cite is the exact same error I get using the latter version. I asked about this earlier, but I'm still waiting for an answer. -- Alexander Staubo http://www.mop.no/~alex/ "`This must be Thursday,' said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer, `I never could get the hang of Thursdays.'" --Douglas Adams, _The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_ >-----Original Message----- >From: zope-dev-admin(a)zope.org [mailto:zope-dev-admin@zope.org]On Behalf >Of Paul Chung Chee Soong >Sent: 28. juni 1999 02:09 >To: mj(a)antraciet.nl; zope-dev(a)zope.org >Subject: RE: [Zope-dev] Z SQl Method (Newbie) > > >Thanks pal. Anyway, I still failed to create a table. My SQL stmt is >"CREATE TABLE policy (id varchar, status varchar)" and the >error I get is > > >Zope Error >Zope has encountered an error while publishing this resource. >exceptions.AttributeError >Sorry, a Zope error occurred. >Traceback (innermost last): > File >/usr/local/src/Zope-2.0.0a1-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, >line 255, in publish_module > File >/usr/local/src/Zope-2.0.0a1-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, >line 165, in publish > File >/usr/local/src/Zope-2.0.0a1-src/lib/python/BoboPOS/TJar.py, line >281, in commit > File >/usr/local/src/Zope-2.0.0a1-src/lib/python/BoboPOS/TJar.py, line >200, in maybe_commit_objects >AttributeError: _p_changed > >Pls help. T.Q. > > > -----Original Message----- >From: Martijn Pieters [SMTP:mj@antraciet.nl] >Sent: Friday, June 25, 1999 9:53 AM >To: Paul Chung Chee Soong; zope-dev >Subject: Re: [Zope-dev] Z SQl Method (Newbie) > >At 11:53 25/06/99 , Paul Chung Chee Soong wrote: >>Create a Z Gadfly Database Connection. I created a directory 'test' in >>Zope-2.0.0a1-src/var/gadfly and it appeared in the Data >Source field. >How >>can I access it thru SQL Method since it isn't a database at >all (just a >>plain dir !!). Can I create a database or table via SQL Method? >> >>Do I need to link the data source with a gadfly database? If >yes, how?? >> >>By default, there's a demo data source. How can I use it????? How do I >>know what are the tables in it anyway?? Thus, I can't use the SQL >Method. >> >>I would appreciate very much if you can reply as soon as >possible. I >need >>to use SQL Method desperately now. > >No tables have been defined yet. You can create tables using a SQL >method, >using standard Data Definition Language syntax: > >CREATE TABLE <tablename> (<column definition> [, <column definition>]*) > >x>"' > > > >_______________________________________________ >Zope-Dev maillist - Zope-Dev(a)zope.org >http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev > >(For non-developer, user-level issues, use the companion list, >zope(a)zope.org, http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ) > _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope (For developer-specific issues, use the companion list, zope-dev(a)zope.org - http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )

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