October 2000 - Zope - Zope lists

Any limit on number of users?
by Paul Winkler 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

Hi, Has anyone run up against a limitation on the number of users that can be in one acl_users folder? Either a hard limit or a practical limit? -- ................. paul winkler .................. slinkP arts: music, sound, illustration, design, etc. web page: http://www.slinkp.com A member of ARMS: http://www.reacharms.com

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normal result with acquisition?
by Tom Deprez 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

Assume following : Folder1 sql show_abc method_showdata Folder2 show_abc method_showdata has among it the following code : <dtml-with sql> <dtml-in selectallcentres> <table><tr><td> <dtml-var show_abc> </td></tr></table> </dtml-in> </dtml-with> 1) When you call this function from Folder1 : show_abc of folder1 is used 2) When you call this function from Folder2 : show_abc of folder1 is used --> what you wouldn't expect? However: 3) Removing the <dtml-with sql> tag (and moving selectallcentres to folder1), Calling method_showdata in Folder2 : show_abc of folder2 is used. --> what you would expect Am I overlooking something of the acquisition here? Why does it uses in the second case (2) not show_abc? Thanks in advance, Tom.

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How do you guys/gals test Zope products from Python?
by Max Møller Rasmussen 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

I am using Zope and Python 1.5.2 on Win2000. I guess that it is a fairly simple setup. My Zope site is in a folder called c:\mxmZope, and my vanilla Python is in C:\Program Files\Python. usually when I write Python I just use PythonWin to edit and run my scripts. I then write test in the buttom of my file that shows that everything works. This works nicely, but when writing Zope products I get really frustrated. I cannot easily automate my tests. I put my products into C:\mxmZope\lib\python\Products\name and edit them from there, but trying to edit just a simple syntax error means a restart of Zope. That gets tired real fast. Especially when all you have to do to make mistakes is forgetting a comment under a method etc. I cannot run the program from my PythonWin or IDLE as they are set to the standard Python enviroment. Do other set os.path.append('ZopeDir') or something and the comment that out when running or what? The error messages I get that way are also rather lacking. Reloading the file in the browser, reading the source and getting a traceback like the one below, for a method I know exists. But dissapeared because of some, probably minor, typing mistake. --------- ... SNIP File C:\mxmZope\lib\python\ZPublisher\Publish.py, line 162, in publish File C:\mxmZope\lib\python\ZPublisher\BaseRequest.py, line 380, in traverse File C:\mxmZope\lib\python\ZPublisher\HTTPResponse.py, line 529, in notFoundError NotFound: (see above) ---------- I am shure that there must be a better way, but what is it? How do you guys edit and test your products? Even .asp is far better than the way I am doing it now. At least I dont have to restart the server when I make a simple mistake, I can also easily put in testcode and Response.Writes to se what is happening. I love Python among other things because of the nice traceback and debugging features, but I feel that they are somewhat lost when developing Zope. Shurely it must be me being ignorant here. Regards Max M "There must be more than just this." - V-ger

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Simple Question?
by Noah 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

This seems like a simple question. How do I include a Method in a different folder? I have two folders and two methods: /editor/ edit /mojo/art/ add_art_html In my file "add_art_html" I want to add this code: <dtml-var /mojo/editor/edit> But when I try to view it I get a KeyError. I also tried: <dtml-var '/mojo/editor/edit'> I tried some complicated things with <dtml-call> and <dtml-return>, but I couldn't get this to work; although, <dtml-call /editor/edit> at least did not give a KeyError. Yours, Noah

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newbie question
by Kathy Hester 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

Hello and thanks for your patience! I am beginning to learn zope. I am going through the tutorials in "the book". I have run into a problem creating an external method. I know I must be doing something stupid! I have my addEntry.py saved in the Extension folder in the Zope folder as it installed it (i'm in win 2k). I have the dtml method to call addEntry. When I try to add an external method id/function name/file name are all addEntry. (Supposedly to keep me from messing up...). I get this error message- "Zope has encountered an error while publishing this resource. Error Type: SyntaxError Error Value: invalid syntax Troubleshooting Suggestions The URL may be incorrect. The parameters passed to this resource may be incorrect. A resource that this resource relies on may be encountering an error. For more detailed information about the error, please refer to the HTML source for this page. If the error persists please contact the site maintainer. Thank you for your patience. " There must be a simple solution. I have looked at the o'reilly book/on-line docs/how tos and I am still not seeing my error. Please feel free to e-mail me directly at k_hester(a)bellsouth.net <http://us.f22.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=k_hester@bellsouth.net&YY=88217& order=down&sort=date&pos=0> . I thought I had found a work around by installing python method but I am not sure what I need to put in the parameter list. Any help would be greatly appreciated! ===== Kathy Hester to feel powerful often to act powerful sometimes to overpower others seldom to share power whenever possible - unknown

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Mass Mailing (newbie)
by Yvonne Totty 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

Hi! I need to send out mass mailings from time to time (newsletters, announcements and the such). Is there an easy way to get this done? I already have the email addy's in the database. TIA, Yvonne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yvonne Totty Database Engineer ------------------------- Wolverine: You actually go outside in these things? Cyclops: Well, what would you prefer? Yellow spandex?

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Re: [Zope] AW: [Zope] Trying to follow tutorial
by Oliver Bleutgen 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

> 2. logout as superuser (e.g. close all browsers...) Ha, I always wanted to bring in a IMNSHO better way to "logout" - it works at least in IE. try http://log:meout@yourzopehost.com So the cached login/password are overwritten by log/meout and zope (or every other server) brings up the login dialog (as long as log/meout are not valid ;)) Should also work handy as a link in html (untested). cheers, oliver

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Re: [Zope] Apache in front of ZServer
by Oliver Bleutgen 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

> * jornd(a)falch.net (JXrn Helge B. Dahl) > On a second thought: What I _really_ want (I think, unless someone > tells me differently :-) ) is a conditional ProxyPass, to tell apache > to redirect everything _unless_ the URI is /static (or something). > But this is probably something for apache geeks. Jørn, I ain't no apache geek, but I took a look at two nice how-tos on zope.org. The first one http://www.zope.org/Members/anser/apache_zserver/ describes how to get apache to work with zope via proxypass etc., and the second one describes how to achieve what you describe above ... and I don't find it anymore on zope.org :( Anyway, this is what you want: RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^/local/ - [L] RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://localhost:10080/my_host/$1 [P] The [L] stops the rewriting-process if and only if the uri is of the form http://yourhostname/local/ If not it goes on and passes the request to localhost port 10080, directory my_host, where zope resides (at least on my server). Combine that with virtual-host directive of apache and you are as flexibel as one can get. Naturally /local need not to be the only folder which isn't proxied to zope. The only problem is that apache doesn't care for zope's authentication machinery, I would love to have a module for apache which could enable that (nice dream...). But it may be solvable by using mysql/postgres as a userdatabase for zope & apache... cheers, oliver

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Looking for short term Zope contractor
by Robert Miller 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

Hi, I'm looking for someone to work on a short (2-3 weeks long) Zope project. The details of the project are fairly straightforward; we have a relatively small database of information that is currently being injected into MySQL, and we'll need this database to be viewable/searchable from the web. The job is in San Francisco, and, while physical proximity is not absolutely necessary, preference will be given to those who are local. Interested parties should email a resume (text only, no attachments, please) to me at rob(a)isso.org. Thanks for your time and attention, and we now return you to your regularly scheduled zope(a)zope.org mailing list traffic. -rob -- +--------------------------------------------------+ Rob Miller Director of Systems Engineering International Space Sciences Organization rob(a)isso.org +--------------------------------------------------+

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Re: [Zope] Apache in front of ZServer
by jornd＠falch.net 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

* jornd(a)falch.net (JXrn Helge B. Dahl) | | for the other part of serving static content, it really depends what you | | want but here are two ways to do it. | | | | 1. use the LocalFileSystem product, | | http://www.zope.org/Products/Members/jfarr/Products/LocalFS/LocalFS-0.9.6.tg | | z | | That I already do, so that one is okay. | | | 2. use Apache to intercept calls to a specific dir before passing it onto | | Zope, e.g. use a RewriteRule. | | Yup, this is what I need. I think was being unclear about what I really | -wanted: I want to still be able to use php and such thing, even if I | serve Zope from root. So the RewriteRule does the trick? On a second thought: What I _really_ want (I think, unless someone tells me differently :-) ) is a conditional ProxyPass, to tell apache to redirect everything _unless_ the URI is /static (or something). But this is probably something for apache geeks. Thanks anyway. -- Jørn Helge B. Dahl http://falch.net

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