June 1999 - Zope - Zope lists

solution for alpha2 permissions problem?
by Daniel M. Drucker 16 Jun '99

16 Jun '99

I've been reading the list, but I guess I must have missed it -- what's the solution to the alpha-2 permissions problem that prevents me from running zope as root/nobody so it can be on port 80? Traceback (innermost last): File "z2.py", line 414, in ? pf = open(PID_FILE, 'w') IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/zope2/var/Z2.pid' zinit: Tue Jun 15 16:46:10 1999: Aiieee! 10142 exited with error code: 256

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How stable is the 2.0 alpha release?
by Alexander Staubo 16 Jun '99

16 Jun '99

I realize this is a completely silly and impossible question, but for a new Linux-based production server to run Zope, we feel a bit squeezed between using 1.10 (which does not have Z Classes), 1.11.0pr1 (which has proven to be quite stable but does not support concurrency), and 2.0.0a1 or the latest CVS version (which is an alpha, and which I have not attempted to run for stability testing). We'd be able to live with an unstable server for a couple (literally speaking, I think) of weeks, but beyond that time, we would like something of production, or at least beta, quality. Until this is cleared up we can cope with 1.110pr1, I guess. -- 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_

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RE: [Zope] external search engines (altavista, etc.)
by Alexander Staubo 16 Jun '99

16 Jun '99

Only in the sense that AltaVista and most other search engines uses the text and embedded meta-information on your pages for indexing. By meta-information I mean things like <meta name="keywords" content="sex drugs breast implants obscene nudity"> <meta name="description" content="This is my lovely home page"> and others. I believe some engines -- perhaps Northern Light -- use link relationships to attempt (and fail) at determining contextual relevance, but beyond that, the state of the search engine world has arguably not improved noticeably since a few years ago, bar small but welcome babysteps of progress like Ask Jeeves and Google!, imho. -- 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: ctpate(a)mail1.mco.bellsouth.net >[mailto:ctpate@mail1.mco.bellsouth.net]On Behalf Of Clarence T. Pate >Sent: 16. juni 1999 01:31 >To: zope(a)zope.org >Subject: [Zope] external search engines (altavista, etc.) > > >I have just joined the list, but I have been reading about Zope for a >while now. I think this package is cool! I also like the >neat packages >that were announced today. > >Can search engines such as AltaVista mine the information out of a Zope >website. I have seen responses to other questions that there are ways >to use a search engine to search a Zope website, but can the commercial >laces search the website. It would be nice for other places to know >about things in your website, unless you want it to be private. > >Clarence T. Pate > >_______________________________________________ >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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How? ZServer + PCGI
by Alex Rice 15 Jun '99

15 Jun '99

I have an existing pcgi setup and want to start using ZServer as well. I just don't how to get them both running. The Zope 2 INSTALL.txt says: * You can use PCGI and an existing web server if you use ZServer. How? Do you: python w_pcgi.py or wo_pcgi.py? start ZServer with what args? The docs are a bit confusing: wo_pcgi == without pcgi ==> ZServer and ODB3 w_pcgi == with pcgi ==> without ZServer (ODB2?) Therefore how to combine ZServer and PCGI? I know ZServer has a PCGI channel. Therefore maybe the above scripts should instead be named w_zserver and wo_zserver, because you can use pcgi in either case? As you can tell, I'm totally confused here. Would someone provide an example? Thanks, Alex Rice

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Re: RE: [Zope] Zope on LinuxPPC--works fine
by Deirdre Saoirse 15 Jun '99

15 Jun '99

> MacOS X (which is much better for -surprise surprise- non-server users) > looks like it may present some new challenges. But it's also newer > technology (with more benefits from MkLinux and Darwin than MacOS X > Server currently has). I'll keep folks posted. It's *really* a Workstation OS, not a server OS. Despite my love of Linux, there are "creature comforts" in MOSXS that simply aren't there on Linux yet. Like a decent diagramming program (Glyphix). Or a decent Entity-Relationship modeller (EOModeler). As that's what I'm doing for a good chunk of my day, MOSXS makes sense. Plus my coworker toasted her Blue & White G3 with a LinuxPPC 5 install and I'm waiting for her to fix it so I'm sure my install will work. :) > And ANYONE with knowledge of how Openstep framework packages should be > set up (when you don't have the luxery of making a Framework project in > ProjectBuilder) I'd be delighted to hear from. ObjectiveEverything > keeps its regular Python 1.4 libraries in such a Framework and I'd love > to hear how to keep the two both together and seperate. Some of the GnuStep people MUST know this. I do know that almost everything is really text-based (as is the Unix convention). I was able to successfully edit EOModeler models last year (after a few bad trials). Also, some of the key developers (like those at Omniweb) would know I'm sure. > And anyone who knows why I have common symbols that are not allowed with > MY_DYLIB output format, I'd also love to hear from. ;) Now that I don't know. _Deirdre Saoirse Systems Analyst Linuxcare dsaoirse(a)linuxcare.com, http://www.linuxcare.com/ 415 354-4878 x252 415 701-7457 fax Linuxcare. At the Center of Linux.

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Re: RE: [Zope] Zope on LinuxPPC--works fine
by Deirdre Saoirse 15 Jun '99

15 Jun '99

> Python was easy to compile statically (as I recall), but when I wanted > to use it with Zope I had to make it dynamically linked and there were > some gotchas that came up with the way I did it. This was the biggest > problem I had to get around (seeing as how I don't know all that much > yet about dyld and bundles and frameworks, et al). Once it was solved, > some of the Zope builder scripts had to be modified slightly, the > default Python/Modules/Makefile.pre.in had to be edited because it was > missing a much needed line that the normal Python Makefile had, and I > had to (probably wrongly) modify getpath.c (i believe that was the > module) as well. Well, I had a heck of a time today -- I think I'll just stop beating my head against the wall and put it on a Linux box. It's not like we have a shortage of Linux boxen around here. :) > MacOS X looks like it may be even less cooperative with Python 1.5.2's > configuration machinery since it's so new (but this should be fixed by > the next release of Python). Well, that and MOSXS thinks it's a NeXT, but it isn't really, so old scripts for old black hardware (or NeXT on Intel) make wrong assumptions. > I need another whopping hard drive so I can have MacOS X Server back on > board, as well as good young Darwin. Python and Zope _BOTH_ need to > find their way into the Darwin distribution. Yeah, though I'd LOVE to see python bindings for the whole GUI development environment. Part of the reason for this escapade with Zope is a) our company is evaluating it for other reasons (we're doing it by imho far more evil methods at present <g>); b) it seemed to suit a need for serving html; c) I was all set to test a Tk version of a little app I'm prototyping only to realize I didn't have the Tk stuff set up on MOSXS. ::sigh:: And of course Gtk, Qt and so on really don't fly because there is no X. Bah. I have this love/hate thing going with MOSXS -- which I've had going ever since I discovered Cool Things You Can Do With X. :) _Deirdre Saoirse Systems Analyst Linuxcare dsaoirse(a)linuxcare.com, http://www.linuxcare.com/ 415 354-4878 x252 415 701-7457 fax Linuxcare. At the Center of Linux.

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RE: [Zope] Zope on LinuxPPC--works fine
by Jeffrey Shell 15 Jun '99

15 Jun '99

> Me neither (yet). ::sigh:: > > I like MOSXS as a working environment but it really *should* work > locally. Python 1.5.2 was so easy to compile. Python was easy to compile statically (as I recall), but when I wanted to use it with Zope I had to make it dynamically linked and there were some gotchas that came up with the way I did it. This was the biggest problem I had to get around (seeing as how I don't know all that much yet about dyld and bundles and frameworks, et al). Once it was solved, some of the Zope builder scripts had to be modified slightly, the default Python/Modules/Makefile.pre.in had to be edited because it was missing a much needed line that the normal Python Makefile had, and I had to (probably wrongly) modify getpath.c (i believe that was the module) as well. MacOS X looks like it may be even less cooperative with Python 1.5.2's configuration machinery since it's so new (but this should be fixed by the next release of Python). I need another whopping hard drive so I can have MacOS X Server back on board, as well as good young Darwin. Python and Zope _BOTH_ need to find their way into the Darwin distribution.

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RE: [Zope] Zope on LinuxPPC--works fine
by Jeffrey Shell 15 Jun '99

15 Jun '99

> > -----Original Message----- > > From: Deirdre Saoirse [mailto:deirdre@linuxcare.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 4:11 PM > > To: Greg Pierce > > Cc: zope(a)zope.org > > Subject: Re: [Zope] Zope on LinuxPPC--works fine > > > > > > Greg Pierce <greg(a)turtleprod.com> wrote: > > > > > newbie here. i actually posted a couple weeks ago about > > getting zope > > > running on Mac OS X Server. i never had any luck, but w/ a fresh > > > install of the new LinuxPPC 5 release running i thought i'd > > try again. > > > > Me neither (yet). ::sigh:: > > > > I like MOSXS as a working environment but it really *should* work > > locally. Python 1.5.2 was so easy to compile. > > > > _Deirdre > > > > Jeffrey got Zope working on Mac OS X Server, search the mailing list > archives and sort by Author 'Jeffrey Shell' for his instructions. I got it working, but there was some interesting twists and turns and none of the questions i posted to "higher up" got any answers. And I'm no MacOS X Server guru. MacOS X (which is much better for -surprise surprise- non-server users) looks like it may present some new challenges. But it's also newer technology (with more benefits from MkLinux and Darwin than MacOS X Server currently has). I'll keep folks posted. And ANYONE with knowledge of how Openstep framework packages should be set up (when you don't have the luxery of making a Framework project in ProjectBuilder) I'd be delighted to hear from. ObjectiveEverything keeps its regular Python 1.4 libraries in such a Framework and I'd love to hear how to keep the two both together and seperate. And anyone who knows why I have common symbols that are not allowed with MY_DYLIB output format, I'd also love to hear from. ;) .jPS

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RE: [Zope] Problem with Z SQL Method
by Jeffrey Shell 15 Jun '99

15 Jun '99

Doug Wyatt: > I ran into this when trying to have a method return LAST_INSERT_ID(). > > I forget the exact nature of the problem, but it had something to do > with the return variable type or its column name. This worked: > > select CONCAT(LAST_INSERT_ID()) as insID > > (CONCAT converts to a string, as insID gives the returned > column a name) Right. This is (yet another) piece of nature that varies from database to database. Basically, whenever you use SQL functions as the columns you want returned, use the AS keyword. Some databases will create a column name (ie, 'a1'), others return something unusable, others won't work at all if you don't use the AS ___. The data type shouldn't be a problem. .jPS

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RE: [Zope] Zope, PostgreSQL 6.5, and some newbie questions
by Jeffrey Shell 15 Jun '99

15 Jun '99

> From: Phillip J. Eby [mailto:pje@telecommunity.com] > > >3) In order to keep the DTML uncluttered, I've created dtml > methods to render > > things like HTML selections. Two questions.: First, how > do I access them > > if I move them to a subfolder in the same folder as the > dtml document? > >  > > Or: > >  > > > > Second, how do I pass parameters to the dtml methods? > >  >  >  I like using render here too, it's a tad more reliable (in my mind) when used with namespace.    (i'm the same man i used to be)   It's no less elegant than the (_.None, _) Cary O'Brien:: > 4) Can Z SQL methods return anything? After an insert I'd like to get > some more information. What sort of information? You can have as many SQL statements in a SQL method as you want (seperating them with ), but only one select statement. Some databases (like Sybase) tend to return information on inserts, create tables, etc; others don't. You can follow up an INSERT statement with a SELECT statement in the same SQL method and you should get information back, but (especially where transactional databases are concerned) you might not always get back the record you just inserted (usually what people like to do just after inserting). If you don't need the record back that you just inserted, you can put them into two seperate methods and call them in the same DTML Method/Document::  <UL>  <LI></LI>  </UL> Remember, #call won't insert anything into the generated HTML, so even if it's the type of database that likes to return status tables on inserts, it won't affect the DTML. and when all else fails, experiment :)

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