November 2000 - Zope

How to extend LoginManager:LoginUser with costum properties?
by Dirksen 23 Nov '00

23 Nov '00

How can I do that, like setting somebody's real name or title, etc.? cheers Dirsen __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/

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ZODBCDA problem?
by J�lio Dinis Silva 23 Nov '00

23 Nov '00

Hi, Some times my site stop responding. I have a winnt32odbc system dsn to a sqlserver70. In my zope I have a ZOdbc_Connection using this dsn. When my site hangs if I do a restart the python.exe process grows to some size and then stop. I think he finished import Data.fs and start ZServer but it just dont publish nothing. The only solution I found was to delete the DSN restart the process and after zope starts it now respond to gets with no problem, then I create my DSN and voila my site is running ok. Why do just deleting the DSN my zope starts correctly (not hanging)? Could be the ZODBC connection object turned to some bad state on Data.fs, or the DSN on NT stop to connect to the sqlserver and became "locked"? Thanx for comments, Júlio Dinis Silva _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

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Microsoft Access database
by John Cappelletti 23 Nov '00

23 Nov '00

I am running Zope on a Win 98 system and would like to establish a connection to a MS Access database. The ZSQL Methods User Guide identifies several databases with which Zope is compatible--Access is not among them. However, ODBC is. I attempted to setup ODBC, experimenting with File DSN and placing the database file in the var/gadfly directory (admittedly, I don't have a working knowledge of how to setup ODBC). Following the normal Zope database connection procedure, Zope appears to connect to the database but a test query does not work (table/object not found). What is the process for connecting to a MS Access database? Can it be done? Thanks in advance for your help. John Cappelletti AverStar, Inc. 1593 Spring Hill Road, Suite 700 Vienna, VA 22182-2249 Tel: (703) 827-2606 x 4291 (also, 301 443-7509) Fax: (703) 827-5560

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Re: [Zope] Python Script demo site
by Simon Michael 23 Nov '00

23 Nov '00

"Evan Simpson" <evan(a)digicool.com> writes: > A few announcements. First, in the interests of sanity and > getting things moving, I'm choosing the only name other than > "Python Method" to get a positive score in the naming poll. For the sake of future votes: did you actually hold a second poll ? Last I heard was a call for name candidates, which I thought would be the basis for a poll.

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Simple Yes or No (I think...)
by Ben Ocean 23 Nov '00

23 Nov '00

Hi; Can Zope be used to create a *MyYahoo* style GUI? TIA, BenO

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RE: [Zope] Objection to Python Script Name
by Menard.Jean-Francois＠hydro.qc.ca 23 Nov '00

23 Nov '00

I agree with you. My vote: ZPython Method. -----Message d'origine----- De : Chris Gray [mailto:cpgray@library.uwaterloo.ca] Envoyé : jeudi 23 novembre 2000 11:29 À : zope(a)zope.org Objet : [Zope] Objection to Python Script Name I know, I know. It's a little late to speak up, but I think there is a logical objection to this name: inconsistency with "DTML Method" and "ZSQL Method". I think some better options were left off the vote. ZIP Method (Zope Internal Python Method) ZoPy Method PyZo Method ZPython Method I think the name should indicate that it is a type of Zope method and that it is a type of Python function peculiar to Zope. Cheers, Chris _______________________________________________ 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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Re: [Zope] using zope for broadcast e-mail messages...
by Anthony Baxter 23 Nov '00

23 Nov '00

>>> chas wrote > Zope's dtml-sendmail tag is excellent - it makes sending > e-mail a breeze. It reminds me of a similar tag that > Cold Fusion added and which I've noticed many sites use > for sending out customized newsletters (the "Allaire > ColdFusion Application Server" header being the giveaway). > > > Now, doing the same in Zope, I can loop over the user > profiles in our database to extract name, e-mail, and > even customize the content of the newsletter as follows : > > > <dtml-in ZSQL_Select_User_Profiles> > >  > To: <dtml-var firstname> <<dtml-var email>> > From: robot <robot(a)ourdomain.com> > Subject: <dtml-var random_inanity> > > Dear <dtml-var firstname>, > > blah blah content (also dependent on his/her likes/preferences) > >  > > </dtml-in> > > > Nothing groundbreaking so far. But the question then is : how > is this going to work if the user database numbers 200,000+ ? > It will take almost half a day to complete and this can't be > done in one form-submission or page load ! Why not use ZClient to make the request to do the mailout? It can just happily sit there for half a day (or whatever) chugging along, without screwing up if your browser goes away. Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <anthony(a)interlink.com.au> It's never too late to have a happy childhood.

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zope basics
by Katherine Allard 23 Nov '00

23 Nov '00

Using Zope, I have managed to put together a nice site for friends to create folders, pages and upload images, etc. But there are some fundamentals that are eluding me. I am able to 'register' a new user through a form to create a new acl_user. But I cannot figure out how to let them login again using that name/password and be an AUTHENTICATED_USER with that acl_user name--other than Anonymous User. I tried to look at AUTHENTICATION_PATH, but my browser wants to download it--an empty file. I can manage objects using dtml pretty well: create, delete, edit. If I can figure out how to authenticate a user, I would like to be able to add a property to new objects as they are created: (createdby:AUTHENTICATED_USER) so that I can control which objects get a checkbox (for delete) and an edit link for a particular user. InOtherWords, if a user creates a object, I want that same person to be able to go back and delete or edit that object. Anyone else can see it, but they won't be able to delete or edit the object. This confuses me: manage_addProperty takes (id, value, type and optionally REQUEST) as args. What is the id? Is it the ID of the object that you want to add a property to? Or is it the ID of the new property? The Zope Quick Reference doesn't say, but I think it is the property's ID. I am trying to learn from looking at the Zope interface work. After submitting the add property form, the page url looks like this: appRoot/objectname/manage_addProperty. I see that the objectname is behind manage_addProperty, I know the value, id and type are passed in the REQUEST. How can I take advantage of this following a line like: <dtml-call expr="manage_addImage(id=title, file=file, title=title)"> ...to add a property to that image? I found some useful tidbits at a howto page on Zope site somewhere. But it was pretty sparse and just whetted my appetite. I am coming from NT/IIS ASP world. So I am struggling. Can anyone point me to a richer source of samples that will help me get up this hill? Thanks, Richard

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DTML source
by Tom Deprez 23 Nov '00

23 Nov '00

Ok, found a way to see the navigation on Zope. But I'm still looking for other implementations aswell. Tom.-

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python methods
by Lee Reilly CS1997 23 Nov '00

23 Nov '00

Hi, I'm having problems with Python methods. I've followed the instructions for the guestbook example [1] to the letter but when I add the Python method [2] is causes an error as follows: Error Type: NameError Error Value: context TraceBack: Traceback (innermost last): File /usr/local/Zope-2.1.6-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 165, in publish File /usr/local/Zope-2.1.6-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/mapply.py, line 160, in mapply (Object: addEntryAction) File... etc. Can anyone offer any advice? - Best regards, Lee Reilly [1] http://www.zope.org/Members/michel/ZB/SimpleExamples.html [2] Python method """ Create a guest book entry. """ # create a unique document id id='entry_%d' % len(context.objectIds()) # create the document context.manage_addProduct['OFSP'].manage_addDTMLDocument(id, title="", file=comments) # add a guest_name string property doc=getattr(context, id) doc.manage_addProperty('guest_name', guest_name, 'string')

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