November 1999 - Zope

Apache rewrite
by Alexander Limi 26 Nov '99

26 Nov '99

I currently have the following structure in my Zope DB: root | |->articles | |->artists | | | |-> artist1 | |-> artist2 | |-> etc... I want to make it possible to write http://domain.com/artist1 and be sent to artist1 in the artists directory transparently. I figure the easiest way to do this is in Apache via mod_rewrite (correct me if I'm wrong, please :) A solution where all queries to http://domain.com/something would be sent into the artists directory with an exception for http://domain.com/articles would be sufficient. How do I do this in Apache? mod_rewrite is pretty cryptic (for me atleast, apache is not among my most-used applications :) and I'm not even sure if mod_rewrite is the best way of solving it. Any takers? Regards, Alexander Limi

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Re: [Zope] A newsgroup ...
by Anthony Baxter 26 Nov '99

26 Nov '99

>>> Nitin Borwankar wrote > Andre van der Vlies wrote: > > > > Hoi, > > As traffic is so HIGH in this mailing list, is it an idea to make a > > 'Newsgroup' (comp.lang.zope) for it?? > > > > I only _read_ 4 or 5 newsgroups myself .... > > > I would oppose this as making it a newsgroup or gatewaying to news > attracts a lot of noise traffic such as "what is zope ?" ( 10 times a > day ), > spam, Zope vs other technology flamefests etc. which tends to cause a > lot of valuable > contributors to leave. E-mail tends to be handled with a lot more > immediacy > and value compared to Usenet. One _possible_ alternative would be to have it as a newsgroup, but only on, say 'news.zope.org', not gatewayed to the general sewer that is usenet. heck, tie it in to the membership system on zope.org, and have it as a newsserver that uses it for login details. That's one way to cut down on spammers... Anthony

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FreeTDS Patches and How-To Available
by Andrew Kenneth Milton 26 Nov '99

26 Nov '99

http://www.zope.org/Members/TheJester/ The How-To and the patches are there. It's ugly and I admit it upfront. YMMV. -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| P:+61 7 3870 0066 | Andrew Milton The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | F:+61 7 3870 4477 | ACN: 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 | Carpe Daemon PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |akm(a)theinternet.com.au|

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RE: [Zope] tree tag and SQLMethod (again)
by Ava 26 Nov '99

26 Nov '99

>> I remember one of you explaining how to get SQL Method result from a tree >> tag. At the time this clever guy did this, zope was not even 2.0.0alpha 1, >> so he couldn't add a howto page to www.zope.org > >Here is a very helpful explanation for the combination of tree tag and >sql method: >http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-July/006454.htmlThanks a lot Thanks a lot It was *exactly* the message I was looking for in the archives. you must be connected in some ways to my mind :-) Regards, Jephte CLAIN

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[Help] creating a new Image instance via external method
by Darran Edmundson 26 Nov '99

26 Nov '99

I have an external method that is attempting to create a new Image with data extracted from another Image instance (img): repr(img) = <Image instance at 8551e90> len(img.data) = 13611 type(img.data) = <extension class Acquisition.ImplicitAcquirerWrapper at 40160680> repr(img.content_type) = 'image/jpeg' The problem is that when I try to add the new Image folder.manage_addImage(img.id, img.data, '') I get a seek error as if there is something wrong with img.data:  File /usr/local2/Zope/lib/python/OFS/Image.py, line 265, in _read_data (Object: img) AttributeError: (see above) I have been struggling with this problem for 3 days but to no avail. Your expert help would be much appreciated. Cheers, Darran. -- Darran Edmundson [Darran.Edmundson(a)anu.edu.au]

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Re: [Zope] Zope telephony
by Anthony Baxter 25 Nov '99

25 Nov '99

>>> jana sedivy wrote > > >>>> gvwilson(a)nevex.com wrote > >> Hi. Has anyone looked at adding telephony (voice mail access, call > >> trees, etc.) to Zope? > > >www.ekno.lonelyplanet.com has a bunch of this - the entire > >admin.ekno.lonelyplanet.com site (which does everything but the webmail > This is very interesting. Do you know what they used to connect > to the telephony platform and communicate with it? Did they > have to script Zope objects in PML ? Well, I wrote most of it, so yes, I have a fair idea of how it works. :) Mostly, it's lots of custom bits behind the scenes to do the voicemail, and just interfacing to the SQL server that the billing component uses. I'm _soooo_ looking forward to our new voicemail, which should store messages in IMAP. Will make life so, so much easier. (Roll on open standards). What's PML? Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <anthony(a)interlink.com.au> It's never too late to have a happy childhood.

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Re - Compare two dates in dtml
by Alexandre Ratti 25 Nov '99

25 Nov '99

Salut FR, To get you started, try using "isCurrentDay()". Simple test: - Add the property myDate (type "date") to a folder and fill in a value (eg. 1999/11/25). - In a DTML method of this folder, enter the code: <dtml-if "myDate.isCurrentDay()"> This is today <dtml-else> This is not today </dtml-if> Similar methods are documented in '/lib/python/DateTime/DateTime.html' in your Zope directory. Cheers. Alexandre At 12:00 25/11/1999 -0800, zope-admin(a)zope.org wrote: >Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 20:48:14 +0100 >From: FR Chalaoux <chalaoux(a)cybercable.fr> >To: zope(a)zope.org >Subject: [Zope] Compare two dates in dtml > >Hi, > >Howto compare two dates in DTML. > >For example, howto to post an image *if* the current date (ZopeTime) is >inferior to my > >date being in this format year/month/day *elsif* do not post the image ? > >Bye, FR.

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Re: [Zope] Batch-size problem
by julio dinis 25 Nov '99

25 Nov '99

Opps, I've solved my problem just after posting this mail. I added "orphan=0" and everything is now working ok. Regards, Julio >From: "julio dinis" <juliodinis(a)hotmail.com> >To: zope(a)zope.org >Subject: [Zope] Batch-size problem >Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 12:50:49 PST > >Hi Zopers, > >I'm using the "in" tag vars to make an index on a large batch. > >The list I'm iteracting with is created by me from an external method, >and is something of the format: > >[(1,2,3,abcd,5,6),(1,2,3,efgh,5,6),(1,2,3,4,ijkl,6)] > >My problem is that this code: > ><dtml-in mylist next size=2 start=qs> > <dtml-in next-batches mapping> > [<dtml-var batch-size>] > </dtml-in> ></dtml-in> > >Is giving me this results: > >[2]-[2]-[2]-[4] > >Good for the firsts [2] results, but strangely outputs a [4] size for >the last batch. This also happens, in reverse order, for the code I use to >"previous" batches, i.e, [4]-[2]-[2]-[2]. > >Am I missing something? Could be a problem with the fact the mylist >is not a SQL result or something else,i.e, do I need do anything else >to my list when I create it. My list as elements are not of the type 1 and >a, theres is really there lots of text in each sequence-item but the list >format is the one mentioned above. > >Thanks. > >Júlio > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > >_______________________________________________ >Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org >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 ) > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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Batch-size problem
by julio dinis 25 Nov '99

25 Nov '99

Hi Zopers, I'm using the "in" tag vars to make an index on a large batch. The list I'm iteracting with is created by me from an external method, and is something of the format: [(1,2,3,abcd,5,6),(1,2,3,efgh,5,6),(1,2,3,4,ijkl,6)] My problem is that this code: <dtml-in mylist next size=2 start=qs> <dtml-in next-batches mapping> [<dtml-var batch-size>] </dtml-in> </dtml-in> Is giving me this results: [2]-[2]-[2]-[4] Good for the firsts [2] results, but strangely outputs a [4] size for the last batch. This also happens, in reverse order, for the code I use to "previous" batches, i.e, [4]-[2]-[2]-[2]. Am I missing something? Could be a problem with the fact the mylist is not a SQL result or something else,i.e, do I need do anything else to my list when I create it. My list as elements are not of the type 1 and a, theres is really there lots of text in each sequence-item but the list format is the one mentioned above. Thanks. Júlio ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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string into var/ filesize
by Ethan Fremen 25 Nov '99

25 Nov '99

Zopistas, I've got a download preview page for a pdf file. The pdf file is in the same directory and called pdf. In a method attached to the preview document, I want to find out the filesize of the associated pdf file. Something like this: <a href="<dtml-var absolute_url>.pdf">Download</a> XYZkb except XYZkb should be replaced with <dtml-var "pdffile.filesize()"> or something like that. But it has to generate the name for pdffile from the preview page id. So something like: <dtml-let "pdffile=id()+ 'pdf'"> <dtml-var "_[pdffile].filesize()"> This doesn't work, but I'm not sure what to do. I'm still totally confused about _. -- Ethan "mindlace" Fremen you cannot abdicate responsibility for your ideology.

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