October 2000 - Zope - Zope lists

RE: [Zope] ZMysqlDA error, and a workaround
by Jon Franz 09 Oct '00

09 Oct '00

doh, I was the one running the odd version - 1.1.3 as opposed to the newer 1.2 - I guess I never updated this when I updated the full zope install. The new version looks like it would of been much easier to fix, if it had the problem in the first place! -----Original Message----- From: Jon Franz Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 7:07 PM To: 'steve(a)spvi.com'; Jon Franz Cc: zope(a)zope.org Subject: RE: [Zope] ZMysqlDA error, and a workaround Wow, that looks very diffrent from my ZMySQLDA, what version are you running? I just got mine to work, I had to mod the def section in the db.py and some of the code in the MySQLmodule.c file - I want to make it available for download and whatnot, but I need to look through the setup script (since it generated the .c file, I think, or at least moded it) and make sure what I did it integrated into the source at that stage... -----Original Message----- From: Steve Spicklemire [mailto:steve@spvi.com] Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 7:00 PM To: jfranz(a)one.net Cc: zope(a)zope.org; steve(a)spvi.com Subject: Re: [Zope] ZMysqlDA error, and a workaround I'm guessing it's in db.py in ZMySQLDA, I had to do the same thing with DECMIAL as shown here, I didn't post that since I'm not sure most folks would want this behavior.... but you should be able to do the same with MEDIUMINT: class DB: defs={ FIELD_TYPE.CHAR: "i", FIELD_TYPE.DATE: "d", FIELD_TYPE.DATETIME: "d", FIELD_TYPE.DECIMAL: "n", FIELD_TYPE.DOUBLE: "n", FIELD_TYPE.FLOAT: "n", FIELD_TYPE.INT24: "i", FIELD_TYPE.LONG: "i", FIELD_TYPE.LONGLONG: "l", FIELD_TYPE.SHORT: "i", FIELD_TYPE.TIMESTAMP: "d", FIELD_TYPE.TINY: "i", FIELD_TYPE.YEAR: "i", } conv={ FIELD_TYPE.TINY: int, FIELD_TYPE.SHORT: int, FIELD_TYPE.LONG: int, FIELD_TYPE.FLOAT: float, FIELD_TYPE.DOUBLE: float, FIELD_TYPE.LONGLONG: long, FIELD_TYPE.INT24: int, FIELD_TYPE.DECIMAL: float, FIELD_TYPE.YEAR: int } -steve >>>>> "Jon" == Jon Franz <jfranz(a)one.net> writes: Jon> This is additional info for the error mentioned in my last Jon> email. If I alter the column definitions to use 'int' as Jon> opposed to 'mediumint', then everything works fine! So, its Jon> the 'mediumint' type that isnt mapping properly... where Jon> would i fix this? Jon> _______________________________________________ Zope maillist Jon> - Zope(a)zope.org http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope Jon> ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - Jon> http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce Jon> http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )

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Help with a DTML expression/comparison
by //www.alomega.com/ 09 Oct '00

09 Oct '00

Hey to everyone, I'm shooting myself in the foot here with this construct: <select name="begin_day" size="1"> <dtml-in "_.range(1,32,1)"> <option value="&dtml-sequence-item;" <dtml-if expr="begin_day == _.getitem('sequence- item')"> selected </dtml-if> >&dtml-sequence-item;</option> </dtml-in> </select> Inserting with dtml-var any of begin_day or sequence- item yields at some point the same result, logically. I'm trying to make the form field default to a formerly specified value. BUT, the comparison between the two, won't work. Even comparing two _.getitems doesn't work. So it's expected that at no point does the selected property appear in my html source. Please help. I'm shooting myself in the foot here. Thanks in advance, Manuel ---------------------------------------------------------- Universidad Federico Santa Maria - Campus Guayaquil

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RE: [Zope] ZMysqlDA error, and a workaround
by Jon Franz 09 Oct '00

09 Oct '00

Wow, that looks very diffrent from my ZMySQLDA, what version are you running? I just got mine to work, I had to mod the def section in the db.py and some of the code in the MySQLmodule.c file - I want to make it available for download and whatnot, but I need to look through the setup script (since it generated the .c file, I think, or at least moded it) and make sure what I did it integrated into the source at that stage... -----Original Message----- From: Steve Spicklemire [mailto:steve@spvi.com] Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 7:00 PM To: jfranz(a)one.net Cc: zope(a)zope.org; steve(a)spvi.com Subject: Re: [Zope] ZMysqlDA error, and a workaround I'm guessing it's in db.py in ZMySQLDA, I had to do the same thing with DECMIAL as shown here, I didn't post that since I'm not sure most folks would want this behavior.... but you should be able to do the same with MEDIUMINT: class DB: defs={ FIELD_TYPE.CHAR: "i", FIELD_TYPE.DATE: "d", FIELD_TYPE.DATETIME: "d", FIELD_TYPE.DECIMAL: "n", FIELD_TYPE.DOUBLE: "n", FIELD_TYPE.FLOAT: "n", FIELD_TYPE.INT24: "i", FIELD_TYPE.LONG: "i", FIELD_TYPE.LONGLONG: "l", FIELD_TYPE.SHORT: "i", FIELD_TYPE.TIMESTAMP: "d", FIELD_TYPE.TINY: "i", FIELD_TYPE.YEAR: "i", } conv={ FIELD_TYPE.TINY: int, FIELD_TYPE.SHORT: int, FIELD_TYPE.LONG: int, FIELD_TYPE.FLOAT: float, FIELD_TYPE.DOUBLE: float, FIELD_TYPE.LONGLONG: long, FIELD_TYPE.INT24: int, FIELD_TYPE.DECIMAL: float, FIELD_TYPE.YEAR: int } -steve >>>>> "Jon" == Jon Franz <jfranz(a)one.net> writes: Jon> This is additional info for the error mentioned in my last Jon> email. If I alter the column definitions to use 'int' as Jon> opposed to 'mediumint', then everything works fine! So, its Jon> the 'mediumint' type that isnt mapping properly... where Jon> would i fix this? Jon> _______________________________________________ Zope maillist Jon> - Zope(a)zope.org http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope Jon> ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - Jon> http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce Jon> http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )

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ZMysqlDA error, and a workaround
by Jon Franz 09 Oct '00

09 Oct '00

This is additional info for the error mentioned in my last email. If I alter the column definitions to use 'int' as opposed to 'mediumint', then everything works fine! So, its the 'mediumint' type that isnt mapping properly... where would i fix this?

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What happened to the Zope IE Editor effort?
by Joachim Werner 09 Oct '00

09 Oct '00

Hi! I just got reminded of the Zope Internet Explorer WYSIWYG editor. It still can be found at http://www.zope.org/Members/johanc/ZIE ... and for anybody using IE 5.x it is a very cool thing, even if it is just intended to be a basic demo. I'd like to know if anybody is still working on that thing/actively using it? As far as I remember, the project was somewhat halted because it was a parallel effort to the Mozilla-based Zope Studio. But then, Zope Studio is also not very actively worked on, and Mozilla is still not ready for prime time ... To have a "plug-in" WYSIWYG HTML editing widget for both IE and Netscape/Mozilla would be an important improvement for the content management functionality of Zope. I've seen a couple of similar tools around, and it doesn't seem to be impossible to implement this for the two main browsers (and let an automatic browser detection do the rest). Anybody interested? Joachim.

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Re: [Zope] tell-a-friend product?
by J. Atwood 09 Oct '00

09 Oct '00

Well.. a few extra minutes in my day get you... http://www.zope.org/Members/BwanaZulia/tell_a_friend/index_html Enjoy. J > From: sean(a)horse101.com > Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 12:18:56 -0700 > To: "J. Atwood" <jatwood(a)bwanazulia.com> > Subject: Re: [Zope] tell-a-friend product? > > Yes, exactly. > > On 9 Oct 2000, at 14:53, J. Atwood wrote: > >> Sure.. >> >> http://fundraising.gotschool.com/tell_a_friend.html >> >> Is that what you want? >> >> J >> >>> From: sean(a)horse101.com >>> Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 11:02:36 -0700 >>> To: zope(a)zope.org >>> Subject: [Zope] tell-a-friend product? >>> >>> Hi, >>> I am still new to zope and am wondering if there is a tell-a-friend >>> script/product/example floating around for me to look at? If not, >>> and I made my own form with Zope (which I have not done yet), >>> what variable would call the existing page the user was on ? >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> --Sean >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 ) >>> >>> >> >> > > >

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expr="id <> 'index_html" issue
by complaw＠hal-pc.org 09 Oct '00

09 Oct '00

Okay, this is my second question for the day. Hopefully it won't be as easy as the first -- otherwise, I'll have to stick to practicing law. I'm looking for a way to list the DTML Methods in a folder -- except the index_html method. So far, I've had to do it by using this: <dtml-in expr="objectValues('DTML Method')" sort="title"> <dtml-if expr="title <> 'The Title'"> <td align="center"><a href="&dtml-absolute_url;"><dtml-var title_or_id></a></td> </dtml-if> </dtml-in> This works but it is a maintenance headache. A more elegant (and reuseable) solution would be to use the id, which is always 'index_html' for the to-be-excluded method. However... <dtml-in expr="objectValues('DTML Method')" sort="title"> <dtml-if expr="id <> 'index_html'"> <td align="center"><a href="&dtml-absolute_url;"><dtml-var title_or_id></a></td> </dtml-if> </dtml-in> .. doesn't work. Does anyone know why? Thanks in advance, Ron ./.

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dtml-tree advice, please
by Brian Withun 09 Oct '00

09 Oct '00

Consider the following situation: --------------------------------- I have two ZClasses. One ("Album") is folderish, and serves as a photo album. The other ("Photo") isn't and serves as a photo in an Album. Albums can contain only Albums and Photos. I would like to have a dtml-tree represent this hierarchy of Albums and Photos. The Question: ------------- should I use <dtml-tree branches_expr="objectValues('Album')" .. <dtml-tree branches=objectValues .. <dtml-tree branches=tpValues .. <dtml-tree ??? Things to consider: ------------------- I need the branches to represent two different meta types, Album and Photo. If I use branches_expr="objectValues('Album') I'll see the tree rendered with only Albums, and no Photos shown. If I use branches=objectValues then I'll see EVERYTHING in the current folder and, at the top level, peer to the root of any Album hierarchy, there may be other objects like dtml documents, methods, etc. I don't want to see those. If I use branches=tpValues (..still learning this one..) I'll see any object (?) in the current folder (?). This seems to work best in experiment, but what if I were to define and instantiate some unrelated ZClass and happen to have one in the current folder with an Album. I tend to think that it would be rendered in my dtml-tree with the Albums and Photos.. ..If anyone can recommend a source of documentation (be specific, no RTFM's please) that would help me solve this myself, that, too, would be welcome. ------------ Brian Withun

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fmt=structured-text seems wrongish
by Dennis Nichols 09 Oct '00

09 Oct '00

Not to throw stones, just trying to understand. WRT <dtml-var ... fmt=...> It makes sense to me to use "fmt=something" when the something is an instruction on how to format a number or how to format the time. In those cases, I'm simply saying how I want the number or time to appear. But when I say "fmt=structured-text" then I'm saying how the item is stored. Let's say that I've developed a Python product that contains description and now I've made an instance of it as myDoc. Within my site (application), I can ask that description be rendered this way... <dtml-var "myDoc.description" fmt=structured-text> By doing so, I'm telling Zope that whatever it finds in myDoc.description should be interpreted according to structured text rules from markup contained within myDoc.description itself. Now how does my application know that the myDoc object has structured text stored in description? Shouldn't the object itself know that? And shouldn't the fmt specification tell how myDoc.description is to be presented instead of how it is stored? For example, let's say I can choose to store description as plain text, as structured text, or as html. Regardless of how it is stored, I might want to ask for it as: fmt=raw in case I want to edit it fmt=html in case I want to send it to a browser and so on. Here, raw and html don't describe how to interpret the contents of myDoc.description, just how to give it back. Pointers? I guess I can just fix this within my own product(s) by returning various fields in a manner something like this: Stored as STX, return as HTML return str(StructuredText.HTML(self.description)) Stored as STX, return as raw, or stored as HTML, return as HTML return self.description and so on... -- Dennis Nichols nichols(a)tradingconnections.com

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(Off-Topic) A Haiku
by Christopher J. Kucera 09 Oct '00

09 Oct '00

A thousand apologies for such blatantly offtopic drivel, but this leaped into my mind today and I figured if anyone could appreciate it, it'd be somebody on this list. a haiku: request bracket tick base zero tick bracket plus tick slash manage tick (Apply capitalizations and numeric conversions where appropriate.) Back to your regularly scheduled list . . . -CJ

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