August 1999 - Zope - Zope lists

RE: [Zope] Processing form data.
by Terrel Shumway 01 Sep '99

01 Sep '99

>3: I will also need to url encode my data. Can Zope handle that / is >there a module for it somewhere? Does the standard python module urllib do what you want? http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-urllib.html >4: Im scetching on a simple python module that implements some of the >stuff found in CGI.pm Would that be useful to other Zopers or am I doing >somthing already done better by others? I don't quite understand this question. Zope *IS* a CGI "script". All of the CGI functionality is available. Most of it has higher-level support, so you don't usually need to do much at the primitive CGI level.

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Re: [Zope] Which Version to Take
by Doug McNaught 01 Sep '99

01 Sep '99

Jim Fulton <jim(a)digicool.com> writes: > We plan to make the final 2.0 release today. I suggest you use that. Cool! Is upgrading existing databases to 2.0 going to be straightforward? -Doug -- Doug McNaught doug(a)mcnaught.org http://www.mcnaught.org/~doug

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Re: Zope/cron usage?
by Mauricio 31 Aug '99

31 Aug '99

I use the cron to call a script called exec.sh ok? in this script i call others 5 python programs. These programs get specifics pages from the web using the ZClient, extracts the information that i need using regular expressions, and put it on a data base. More questions? David Kankiewicz wrote: > > Can you describe the exact behavior of your solution, what it does? > I'm looking into a simple solution and need to know if it could replace > your usage of cron, or if I should try a different approach. > > Thanks, > David Kankiewicz > -- Mauricio Souza Lima <mauricio(a)hiper.com.br> Hiperlógica <http://hiper.com.br> Automação de web-sites | Website automation São Paulo | Brasil | Fone: +55-11-251-4894

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ZClass Tutorial
by Stephan Richter 31 Aug '99

31 Aug '99

Where can I find the ZClass tutorial again? stephan -- Stephan Richter iXL - Software Designer and Engineer

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Re: Performance of webserver?
by Sam Gendler 31 Aug '99

31 Aug '99

I haven't done any benchmarking, yet, as I only downloaded zope yesterday. I have, however, generated an Apache module based on the pCGI stuff, so that you can have persistent connections to the zope server, and there is no overhead of exec'ing any new process. Everything runs inside of Apache space, and every time an apache process exits, the connection to zope is closed and cleaned up. This gives me the piece of mind of running on the Apache webserver, so I know the performance baseline, and I trust the stability and security of the webserver. I will make the module public just as soon as I add all of the handling for real configuration settings, such as virtual hosts, etc. Currently, there are just global zope settings across the entire webserver, regardless of host, directory, .htaccess, etc. Once it is done, you should get the baseline performance numbers of Apache, with whatever added latency the zope executions require. --sam -- ---------------------------------------------------- "Some Scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe. --Frank Zappa

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Re: [Zope] Performance of webserver?
by Christopher Petrilli 31 Aug '99

31 Aug '99

> Hi, > > One of the last questions for now, I'd like to know the > answer for is: > > What is the performance of the webserver in Zope 2? > I'd like to compare to Apache on Linux (our Zope will be > running on one of these). Some nebulous number that I can invent for your statistical pleasure. Quite honestly you've asked a question which has no answer. Zope2 is slower. But not if you compare CGI v. Zope. Zope2 is a 100% dynamic page generation situation, whereas Apache is only serving static pages. So if you're site is 100% static, use Apache, but as it gets more dynamic, I think you'll find Zope2 to be faster and faster. Performance on a "mid size" Linux box would be 35-50 hits/second (which translates to 3.8M hits/day). > Can the webserver be used in productionenvironment? > How much load can it take compared to Apache before I need > to upgrade hw? The same? Half? Double? Do you understand the unanswerable nature of your question? The only benchmark that matters is your own application. Chris -- | Christopher Petrilli Python Powered Digital Creations, Inc. | petrilli(a)digicool.com http://www.digicool.com

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Re: [Zope] Performance of webserver?
by Christopher Petrilli 31 Aug '99

31 Aug '99

>> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jason Jones [mailto:jason.jones@awl.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:43 AM >> To: Bill_Seitz(a)mail.medscape.com >> Cc: zope(a)zope.org >> Subject: Re: [Zope] Performance of webserver? >> >> >> Bill Seitz wrote: >> >> Also, is it possible for ZServer to publish from the >> filesystem as opposed >> to the ODB/ For istance could http://myserver/somefiles be >> dynamic zope, >> while http://myserver/someotherfiles could be static pages served up >> directly without the need for Apache, or is this impossible >> with the current >> implementation of ZServer? >> > > ZServer is based on Medusa, which does come with a standard filesystem > HTTP server. It is not supported by us but I'm sure it would work fine > with ZServer. See the medusa site for more info > http://www.nightmare.com/ One licensing note, this would NOT be under our ZServer license however. You would need to discuss licensing with Sam Rushing, and it's a bit more complex, and definitely not "Open Source". Our license is specifically for use with the entire Zope framework. Chris -- | Christopher Petrilli Python Powered Digital Creations, Inc. | petrilli(a)digicool.com http://www.digicool.com

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using dtml within python within dtml
by happyrhino＠usa.net 31 Aug '99

31 Aug '99

If I wish to assign a value to Zope variable or property within a DTML method, I can use this = <dtml-call "REQUEST.set(variable_name, python_expression)"> But how can I use a DTML/Zope expression within the python_expression ? For example, the time can be found in DTML using this = <dtml-var ZopeTime fmt=%H:%M> I can't use the following = <dtml-call "REQUEST.set(variable_name, ZopeTime fmt=%H:%M)"> So, how would it be done ? Whilst on this subject, is it true that the python_expression above is limited to string and math services ? Say I have the following pure python code = import my_custom_module x = my_custom_module.my_function() How can I assign x to a Zope variable zopeY ? That is, how can those 2 lines of python be incorporated into the python_expresion below ? <dtml-call "REQUEST.set(zopeY, python_expression)"> Or am I trying to use too much Python within Zope ? TIA, Henry ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1

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Re: Re: [ZOPE] Newbie Zope step 2.
by Thierry 31 Aug '99

31 Aug '99

Hi, Put a slash in the file <zope directory>/lib/python/OFS/main.dtml, at line 9. <FORM ACTION="/" METHOD="POST"> ^^^ instead of <FORM ACTION="" METHOD="POST"> Your Rewrite Rules are correct : RewriteEngine On RewriteLog /new/usr/apache/logs/rewrite_log #RewriteLogLevel 9 RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} ^(.*) RewriteRule ^/Zope/(.*) /home/httpd/cgi-bin/Zope.cgi/$1 \ [e=HTTP_CGI_AUTHORIZATION:%1,t=application/x-httpd-cgi,l] If you use ^/Zope(.*) /home/httpd/cgi-bin/Zope.cgi$1 any URL starting with Zope will match which is not what you want. If you use this rule : http://my.site.com/Zope_any_word _you_like will be converted to : home/httpd/cgi-bin/Zope.cgi_any_word_you_like which fails miserably, because there is not a CGI with that name. Thierry thierry(a)glisco.it Glisco Srl Torino, Italy. MIXADLIVE Srl Torino, Italy. Institut Universitaire Professionalise Genie Mathematique & Informatique Avignon, France.

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syntax problem
by Heiko Stoermer 31 Aug '99

31 Aug '99

I have several DTML-Methods that simply hold page Fragments. In my main DTML Document I want to include one of these Methods via the <dtml-var> tag. If I use the method's name it works, the HTML source is included in the document and displayed correctly. But unfortunately, the method's id is stored in a variable (pagename). if I put <dtml-var pagename> or <dtml-var "pagename"> only the the method's id is displayed, not the contents/results of the method call. I've tried all combinations that came to my mind, but none worked. How can I solve this? -- Heiko Stoermer MIG Augsburg

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