July 1999 - Zope - Zope lists

zope/apache/windows
by Dan Brady 13 Jul '99

13 Jul '99

I am trying to get apache to provide password entry to the zope manage section - using windows nt. I have used the apache location directive per the zope documentation. I can get the password entry to work for the main zope site (through the zope.exe, but cannot get entry to work for the manage area exclusively. What might I be missing? thanks Dan Brady Precision GraphicsChampaign, IL

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RE: [Zope] Datetime overflow error
by Brian Lloyd 13 Jul '99

13 Jul '99

> Help!! > > I have created two SQL Methods which will prompt users for > dates (among > other variables) and ideally will return jobs between those > dates. When > I test these two Methods I get "datetime overflow error". The > dates are > stored in our informix database as ddmmyy and yyyy-mm-dd 0:00. Would > appreciate any advice on how to get this to work ... > > Regards > > -- > Jenny Campbell Can you include the traceback you are getting on that, and post it to the collector?: http://www.zope.org/Collector/ Thanks! Brian Lloyd brian(a)digicool.com Software Engineer 540.371.6909 Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com

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RE: [Zope] documentation bugs
by Pam Crosby 13 Jul '99

13 Jul '99

Bruce, Thanks for the note. Could you be more specific as to where the errors are? I would be more than happy to fix this. -- Pamela Crosby Technical Writer mailto:pam@digicool.com Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com > -----Original Message----- > From: bruce(a)perens.com [mailto:bruce@perens.com] > Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 5:06 PM > To: zope(a)zope.org > Subject: [Zope] documentation bugs > > > I was about to send a patch for spelling errors in the > content manager's > guide, but then I realized that the original was written in > FrameMaker and > isn't accessable to me. Someone definitely has to push the spell-check > button on these pages. > > Thanks > > Bruce > > _______________________________________________ > 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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date arithmetic in DTML
by Joachim Schmitz 13 Jul '99

13 Jul '99

how can I datearithmetic in DTML for example today - 30 days, to search for a date in a db, which is not older than today - 30 days. Where can I find documentation about it ? Gruß Joachim Schmitz WWW-Consultant email: js(a)ac-copy.net tel: +49-241-89491-0 fax: +49-241-89491-29

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Export/unload from query
by Jenny Campbell 13 Jul '99

13 Jul '99

Does anyone know if there is any way that the results of a query can be exported or unloaded to a network directory instead of, or as well as,. being displayed on the browser? -- Jenny Campbell User Support - Applications Eastern Equities Limited Ph: 06-876 7943 Fax: 06-876 8811 ---------------------------------

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External method: import error
by HCSCCS＠prudential.com.my 13 Jul '99

13 Jul '99

Hi Zopiens! I'll start with one question... is Zope stable to use thus far? Anyway, back to my problem. I have Zap (pre-built Zope with Apache) running on Red Hat 5.2 machine. I also put all my customize Python scripts in the Extensions directory of Zope. Recently I wrote a script file to access a Postgres database and this file is called by other scripts whenever database access is needed. Now I got a problem of "importing" the database script from other scripts. Why so? I have tried to include the Extensions directory in the PYTHONPATH, but it doesn't work. Thanks for any suggestion or solution given. PauL ChunG

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"Add" button is gone in Zope 2
by Alexander Staubo 13 Jul '99

13 Jul '99

I notice that the folder contents screen has been changed in Zope 2: the "Add" button is gone, and instead the "add new object" combo box now automatically adds an object when you select the metatype to insert. I doubt that this is a good design choice. First of all, this certainly isn't how combo boxes normally behave. Secondly, personally I tend to browse a combo box with the mouse or the keyboard. Certainly the latter isn't possible now. The "Add" button is an imperative command ("add this!"), and automatically _assuming_ I want to add an object because I chose a metatype from a list isn't. If it were a link, it'd be different, because links are implicitly imperative ("go here!"), but HTML selects/combo boxes really are not. Having the good old "Add" button adds one extra click to every add operation. Now, how much an improvement is the new method really, I ask, compared to the pains incurred by changing standard behaviour? -- Alexander Staubo http://www.mop.no/~alex/ "What the hell, he thought, you're only young once, and threw himself out of the window. That would at least keep the element of surprise on his side." --Douglas Adams, _The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_

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RE: [Zope] Info about a Z Gadfly Database in a DTML doc
by Alexander Staubo 13 Jul '99

13 Jul '99

Iirc, Gadfly has internal tables/views just like, say, MSSQL or Sybase has. And iirc, they're called things like __table_names__ __datadefs__ __columns__ __indices__ __indexcols__ and so forth. Check the Gadfly documentation and/or source code for more information. -- Alexander Staubo http://www.mop.no/~alex/ "It has taken the planet Earth 4.5 billion years to discover it is 4.5 billion years old." --George Wald >-----Original Message----- >From: zope-admin(a)zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of >ggtr(a)club-internet.fr >Sent: 8. juli 1999 18:45 >To: zope(a)zope.org >Subject: [Zope] Info about a Z Gadfly Database in a DTML doc > > >Hello zopers, > >I'm new in Zope, and i can't deal with that : how can i reach >informations about tables from a Z Gadfly Database Connection? > >For example, using the 'Sample Gadfly script' from a Zope How-to, how >can i get the fact that the 'Zopadelic' base has one table, 'zopista', >which has 2 columns (col_a and col_b) from the int type ? > >Of course i can get that info with the browse tab, but my need is to >get that from a DTML document (which will be the beginning of a little >web interface for Gadfly i hope.) >I read the docs and didn't find the answer, do i have to code a >external method? > >Hope this is clear, i'm not sure of my english ;) > >Guillaume Gautier > > >_______________________________________________ >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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Auto-ID creation
by Bruce C. Dillahunty 13 Jul '99

13 Jul '99

I have another dumb question (thanks for the quick fix on ZClasses within ZClasses, by the way... works great!). I need to "auto-create" a ZClass that I have... what I mean is that I want the user to be able to click a "new" button, and get a new instance of the class WITHOUT having to enter an ID... I would like an auto-generated ID... either a random number or sequential or whatever. I can generate the ID, I think, but can't seem to create the instance. I think this may be similar to the problem that was being discussed about creating ZClasses from external methods, but I can't seem to find a way to get it to work... Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Bruce -- Bruce C. Dillahunty Peachbush Enterprises bdillahu(a)mindspring.com

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Object reference in Zope???
by Kam Cheung 13 Jul '99

13 Jul '99

Thanks for everyone who has helped me on this problem. It turned out that there is something wrong with my permission setting. However, I am still not very clear what is the best way to refer to a subfolder object in Zope. Here is what I find out so far: Let's say I have a site like this Home index_html testing data testing 1) Problem One When I am in index_html, I can refer to Home.testing by doing:  But if I want to display Home.data.testing in index_html, I have to do:  NOTE: , without the double quote, doesn't cut it. Also, if I want to see Home.testing's title, I have to do , not  Question: What's the reason behind this inconsistency of reference? Given the excellent work the Zope team has shown in the product, I am sure that there must be a reason, right? 2) Problem Two Let's say in index_html, I have a string property called "pageID", and "pageID" equals to the string "testing". Now, if I want to use the "pageID" to refer to the two "testing" documents, I thought I can do:  or  But they don't work. What I end up doing is:  That work. The problem is, how can I get "Home.data.testing"?  surely won't work, but I am surprised that even if I spell out the full path, it still wouldn't work:  nor does  What I end up doing is:    Question: What is the preferred to do that? Is there a better method? Why can't I simply refer to an object inside "_.getitem" using a format like "xxx.yyy"? Sorry for asking these stupid questions, I am really new on programming, and on Zope. My background is in design, I have never thought of learning programming when I was in college!! Kam Cheung

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