December 2000 - Zope

PoPy module finally compiled but there is another prob
by Paolo Quaglia 16 Dec '00

16 Dec '00

Hi to all Finally I compiled the Popy module (the 1.4) and I obtained the PoPymodule.so file I copied the module in the [ZopDir]/lib/python directory I installed the ZPoPyDA.0.7 but When I start Zop this error occour: Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/local/Zope-2.2.4-linux2-x86/lib/python/OFS/Application.py", line 397, in import_products product=__import__(pname, global_dict, global_dict, silly) File "/usr/local/Zope-2.2.4-linux2-x86/lib/python/Products/ZPoPyDA/__init__.py", line 32, in ? import sys, os, Globals, DA File "/usr/local/Zope-2.2.4-linux2-x86/lib/python/Products/ZPoPyDA/DA.py", line 35, in ? from PoPy_db import DB File "/usr/local/Zope-2.2.4-linux2-x86/lib/python/Products/ZPoPyDA/PoPy_db.py", line 37, in ? raise "The PoPy module is old: Update your version of PoPy" The PoPy module is old: Update your version of PoPy Has someone had the same probs? How do you think the problem is? Thanks Paolo Quaglia

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One-To-One, Story Server, Teamsite, ... Zope?
by Ausum 16 Dec '00

16 Dec '00

The three first are the most recognized brands for content management software, at least among industry journalists. For anyone previously involved with content management of a large scale site, Interwoven's, Broadvision's and Vignette's high-end suites, respectively, are probably the default chooses for web and e-business management, no questions asked. I'm reflecting this because I would like to have the big picture of what each product is able to do, without exagerations. I've never seen running any of those products, and since I must advice the company I work for about the software it will need for its news portal, in adition to what nice pdfs and catalogs can show off, I am truly interested about what Zope can do and what it can't, COMPARED to those first. Is Zope stable enough working connected to large databases? How does it behave with high traffic sites? Does it support clustering? What is the largest site running it? Have anyone put their hands on any of the mentioned tools and make comparisons? Although it sounds silly, I need reasons to convince someone else that saving money is for good. That none of those super-coded-worth-a-third-million solutions is much better that a genuine GNU initiative, meaning Zope in this particular case. And, by the way, when are we going to see the first large ASP (meaning NASDAQ registered) with support for Zope? Thanks in advance, Ausum

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Best Zope way to split a textfield on 2000 char increments
by Chris Beaumont 16 Dec '00

16 Dec '00

Hi, I just realized I need to split a potentially pretty long textfield input from a web form into 2000 character chunks, for input into a database. I see a lot of string functions in DTML, but none that looks like it will do this.. I'm hoping to use this as a workaround for the seeming lack of LONG text field support in the Oracle DA. (please correct me if I'm wrong on this..but I cant seem to get it to work..) I'm using Oracle 7.3 Thanks.. Chris

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Generating HTML and SQL from results of Describe Table queries.
by Lloyd Kvam 16 Dec '00

16 Dec '00

I would like to generate the necessary DTML Documents and Z SQL Methods to provide list, add, update, and delete capabilities for each table in a MySQL database. I know (in principle) how to parse the results of describe table queires and create reasonable default files with the proper sql and html content. My next step is to move the html and sql into ZOPE. T. J. Mannos has written how to apply wrappers to html to turn them into DTML Documents. I could not find any equivalent description for Z SQL Methods. Any pointers would be appriciated. Has anyone done this already? Would I be smarter to try to do this directly in ZOPE rather than trying to build the pieces outside of ZOPE and then import them? -- Lloyd Kvam Venix Corp. 1 Court Street, Suite 378 Lebanon, NH 03766-1358 voice: 603-443-6155 fax: 801-459-9582

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Pesky DateTime problem
by Timothy Wilson 15 Dec '00

15 Dec '00

Hi everyone, I would *really* appreciate some advice about a problem with a ZClass I created. This product is a Job Board that our H.R. department can use to post openings and the public can view. I began by looking at the very nice "Build a Searchable Job Board" How-To at http://www.zope.org/Members/mukhsein/job_board_howto and combined that with the ZClass approach put forward in the Beehive ZClass documentation. The problem lies in adding an instance of the job board ZClass at which point Zope reports an "Invalid Date-Time String". At the risk of providing too much information, I'm going to include some of the relevant methods and the traceback. I would love it if someone could spot my error. (Why do I have this feeling that it's something really simple and that I'm an even larger moron than my friends and acquaintances assume me to be? :-) Here the traceback:  Here's the job_board_entry_add method that lives in Control_Panel/Products/JobBoard/: <HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>Add job_board_entry</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" LINK="#000099" VLINK="#555555"> <dtml-with "job_board_entry.createInObjectManager(REQUEST['jobID'], REQUEST)"> <dtml-call "propertysheets.entry_info.manage_editProperties(REQUEST)"> </dtml-with> <dtml-if NoRedir> <dtml-else> <dtml-if DestinationURL> <dtml-call "RESPONSE.redirect(DestinationURL+'/manage_workspace')"> <dtml-else> <dtml-call "RESPONSE.redirect(URL2+'/manage_workspace')"> </dtml-if> </dtml-if> </body></html> Here's the "Add a Job Posting" form that the H.R. people use: <dtml-var standard_html_header> <h2>Add a Job Board Entry</h2> <p>This form will create a new job posting for the online job board. You don't needed to fill in every field on the form. Click on the "Add Entry" button at the bottom of the screen to add the posting to the database.</p> <form action="entry_addProcessor"> <table border="0"> <tr><th>Job ID</th> <td><input type="text" name="new_jobID" size="20"></td> </tr> <tr><th>Organization</th> <td><input type="text" name="new_organization" size="60"></td> </tr> <tr><th>Position</th> <td><input type="text" name="new_position" size="60"></td> </tr> <tr><th>Description</th> <td><textarea name="new_description:text" rows="10" cols="60" wrap="virtual"></textarea></td> </tr> <tr><th>Pay Offered</th> <td><input type="text" name="new_pay" size="60"></td> </tr> <tr><th>Line of Authority</th> <td><input type="text" name="new_loa" size="60"></td> </tr> <tr><th>Function</th> <td><textarea name="new_function:text" rows="4" cols="60" wrap="virtual"></textarea></td> </tr> <tr><th>Qualifications</th> <td><textarea name="new_qualifications:text" rows="8" cols="60" wrap="virtual"></textarea></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <p>To create a bullet list of "duties," type each one in the box below and press the "ENTER" key between each item in the list.</p> </td> </tr> <tr><th>Duties</th> <td><textarea name="new_duties:text" rows="10" cols="60" wrap="virtual"></textarea></td> </tr> <tr><th>Offer Expires</th> <td><input type="text" name="new_expires:date" size="20"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2><p>Enter the date that the job was officially posted.</p></td> </tr> <tr><th>Posted Date</th> <td><input type="text" name="new_posted:date" size="20"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2><p>Enter any notes you'd like to add. This field will be invisible to site visitors.</p></td> </tr> <tr><th>Notes</th> <td><textarea name="new_notes:text" rows="10" cols="60" wrap="virtual"></textarea></td> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <input type="submit" value=" Add Entry "> </form> <form action="admin_html"> <input type="submit" value=" Cancel "> </form> </td> </tr> </table> <dtml-var standard_html_footer> And finally, here's the method that processes that form input. This method (and the previous form) live in the folder where ZClass instances are created. <dtml-var standard_html_header> <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('jobID', REQUEST.form['new_jobID'])"> <dtml-with "manage_addProduct['JobBoard']"> <dtml-call "job_board_entry_add(_.None,_, NoRedir=1)"> </dtml-with> <form action="admin_html"> <dtml-in "objectValues(['Job Board Entry'])"> <dtml-if "(_['sequence-item'].id == REQUEST.form['new_jobID'])"> <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('our_job', _['sequence-item'])"> </dtml-if> </dtml-in> <dtml-call "_['our_job'].propertysheets.entry_info.manage_changeProperties({ 'position_name' : REQUEST.form['new_position'], 'position_description' : REQUEST.form['new_description'], 'position_pay' : REQUEST.form['new_pay'], 'position_loa' : REQUEST.form['new_loa'], 'position_function' : REQUEST.form['new_function'], 'position_qualifications' : REQUEST.form['new_qualifications'], 'position_duties' : REQUEST.form['new_duties'], 'org_name' : REQUEST.form['new_organization'], 'offer_expires' : REQUEST.form['new_expires'], 'date_posted' : REQUEST.form['new_posted'], 'notes' : REQUEST.form['new_notes'] })"> <table align=center valign=center> <br><br><br> <tr> <td><h2><em>"<dtml-var jobID>"</em> added! </h2></td> </tr> <tr> <td><input type=submit value=" Okay "></td> </tr> </table> </form> <dtml-var standard_html_footer> Now I'll be emailing all of you the entire contents of my H.D.! Just kidding. :-) Any advice would be greatly appreciated. -Tim -- Tim Wilson | Visit Sibley online: | Check out: Henry Sibley HS | http://www.isd197.k12.mn.us/ | http://www.zope.org/ W. St. Paul, MN | | http://slashdot.org/ wilson(a)visi.com | <dtml-var pithy_quote> | http://linux.com/

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RE: [Zope] Question about cgi-bin scripts
by sean.upton＠uniontrib.com 15 Dec '00

15 Dec '00

If you have CGI programs written as perl scripts, how closely you can integrate with Zope depends entirely on what you are trying to do; as an application server designed around the object database, you can run DTML, python, and (soon) perl scripts to work with objects in the database; however these scripts are not simply CGI programs, but code to traverse and use objects in the object database or attached relational database(s). Zope has a built-in search engine that uses a catloging system that might be able to do what you are looking for... What is it exactly that you seek to do? We might be able to answer your questions with more specificity. Sean -----Original Message----- From: Eva Alam [mailto:eva_alam@sesda.com] Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 11:50 AM To: zope(a)zope.org; eva(a)gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov Subject: [Zope] Question about cgi-bin scripts Hello, I am a new zope user. I have just uploaded an existing web site into my zope database. However, I have been using cgi scripts which run perl programs on my site to search for data & this aspect of the web site does not seem to be working properly. I wonder if zope can handle this? best regards, Eva Alam. _______________________________________________ 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] How to pass parameters to dtml methods in making <dtml-call>
by Dieter Maurer 15 Dec '00

15 Dec '00

Dirksen writes: > <dtml-call "some_dtml_method(_.None, _, para='blablabla')"> We do this often (Zope 2.1.6) and it works as expected. Dieter

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Re: [Zope] IE5 / Medusa bug?
by Dieter Maurer 15 Dec '00

15 Dec '00

seb bacon writes: > .... > the Content-length is consistently reported as 14 bytes too > short. This is regardless of the actual length of the document. > > Why this should have a knockon effect on a small subset of MS > browsers, I don't know. Especially confusingly random is the > requirement for a certain amount of data to break these browsers. You can configure IE for use of HTTP 1.0 or HTTP 1.1. I would expect it to close connections after each request for HTTP 1.0 mode. Then, a correct Content-Length is of much less importance. In HTTP 1.1 mode, IE is very strict with Content-Length. Dieter

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Re: [Zope] default values in forms
by Dieter Maurer 15 Dec '00

15 Dec '00

Curtis Maloney writes: > <a href="<dtml-var " 'adr_change_frm?f_id=%s&f_name=%s' % ( id, name ) " > fmt=url_quote>c</a> Be careful: In general, the part after "?" must be quoted differently from the part before. After "?", a blank must be coded as '+', before "?", is must be unchanged. Quoting with '+' conversion is done by "url_quote_plus". Dieter

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ANNOUNCE: updated 12/15 hotfix
by Brian Lloyd 15 Dec '00

15 Dec '00

The version of the Hotfix uploaded initially was flawed :( I have made new one (Hotfix_2000-12-15a) and put redirects at the old location in case people get the original announcement and not this email. If you were quick on the trigger and downloaded the hotfix within an hour or so of the announcement you should get the updated (15a) one, as the flaw may prevent you from adding objects on your site. TGIF, Brian Lloyd brian(a)digicool.com Software Engineer 540.371.6909 Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com

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