February 2000 - Zope

Re: [Zope] Fourth request for help - Win2K+Zope
by Rik Hoekstra 28 Feb '00

28 Feb '00

I am glad that this is solved. I ponder at the case-sensitivity though. Maybe Python doesn't detect the OS properly? I am not fully sure as to how Python decides when to ignore case, but it is clearly broken on your Win2k install. Also, the lack of error messages was very vexing and confusing. This combination may lead to more problems. The case-sensitivity could crop up elsewhere, and fail silently again, thus breaking other parts of Zope, or Zope Products. You may want to contact some Python mongers about this, altough I am not immediatly sure as to who. Maybe you should check out the python.org webpage for some hints and links. I have seen this same problem with pythonwin (Win95, NT) at times as well. I believe it was introduced one time on purpose. Does anyone remember why and how? Rik

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Simple q'n but driving me crazy
by Tom Deprez 28 Feb '00

28 Feb '00

I tried several things but none gave a good result :-( I've a property sheet call InstanceConstants. Assume there is a property called 'Category'. Now how can I automatically fill this value with a string, thus not through addForm (user intervention)? eg. Category = 'TEST' I assume this piece of code has to be placed in the _add method, but how does it look like? <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('Category','TEST')"> doesn't work and all my other trials with using the propertysheets names etc don't work either :-( Tom.

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Install Linux problem
by Oscar Picasso 28 Feb '00

28 Feb '00

Hi, I'm trying to run Zope 2.14 on Linux (Redhat 6.1). I used ./install as root with no options.

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RE: [squishdot] Mailing Content into Zope/Squishdot
by Dan Pierson 28 Feb '00

28 Feb '00

I'm doing this with an email address that runs a Python program that uses xmlrpc to insert items in Squishdot. It's actually pretty straightforward, the only catch is that many of the Squishdot methods are missing doc strings and are thus inaccesible to xmlrpc. Adding a blank docstring to the method you need is a trivial edit to the sources. I can post the code I'm using for this if you want, but the details of what I'm doing for our site may be less useful than the general explanation... Dan Pierson, Control.com, <dan(a)control.com> > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Withers [mailto:chrisw@nipltd.com] > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 4:47 AM > To: Zope Mailing List; SquishDot Mailing List > Subject: [squishdot] Mailing Content into Zope/Squishdot > > > Hi, > > I've got a Squishdot site running in Zope. The problem I have > is that a lot of > the target audience will access the site through dial-up > which is nice and > expensive here in the UK. > > It would be really nice if people could write their articles > offline and then > send them in by email. > > I was wondering whether anyone has done this with Squishdot, > or more generally, > whether anyone has anything that takes an email message and > turns it into a Zope > object. > > Thanks for any help, > > Chris > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > FREE ADVICE FROM REAL PEOPLE! Xpertsite has thousands of experts who > are willing to answer your questions for FREE. Go to > Xpertsite today and > put your mind to rest. > http://click.egroups.com/1/1404/5/_/4381/_/951731186/ > > > eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/squishdot > http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications > > > >

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External <-> DTML Methods
by Tom Deprez 28 Feb '00

28 Feb '00

Hi, Shalabh helped me a lot further, he gave me an external method which helps me on the way, however I would like to know if it's possible to write this in a DTML-method. If this isn't possible, then why isn't this possible? Here is the external method (placed in the Methods view of a class) def manage_afterAdd(self,item,container): item.myparent=container.id return Is it possible to write this in DTML? Thanks in advance, Tom.

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Stupid me
by Tom Deprez 28 Feb '00

28 Feb '00

Argh! Forget my previous question, I found the problem! I was changing the value after I already asked to update the class instance. Tom.

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tuple
by Pavel V. Piankov 28 Feb '00

28 Feb '00

hi, maybe smd. would help me with the following: <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('fitting',{})"> <dtml-in sqlGetFit> <dtml-call "fitting[compl_id]=amnt"> </dtml-in> zope would't want make a tuple for me, I'm having no problems making a list though. any thoughts on what I am doing wrong? thank you. -- Pavel Cosmos-Mebel, Ltd.

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Inheriting From ZClasses
by Kapil V. Thangavelu 28 Feb '00

28 Feb '00

Is there a way to inherit from a ZClass? when i go to the ZClass form there are no selections for ZClasses I've already built. I'd rather not have to code the whole thing as a python product. any solutions?

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Using SQL aggregate functions
by John Williams 28 Feb '00

28 Feb '00

I have been trying to use SQL aggregate functions in SQL Methods to calculate some statistics e.g. something like SELECT id,count(id) from data group by field I am using MySQL, and the query works if entered directly from another client, however Zopes SQL method returns an error. Is this a known problem. Is there a known workaround or patch? -- Dr. John A.R. Williams Photonics Research Group Telecommunications Technology Programme Director Aston University

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_.getitem('some.ext') shorthand?
by Stefan Hoffmeister 28 Feb '00

28 Feb '00

Given this working DTML <dtml-with "graphic"> <dtml-var "_.getitem('pythonpowered.gif')"> </dtml-with> - what would be a "shorter", more maintenance-friendly version? I would favour <dtml-var "graphic.pythonpowered"> but the problem is that I definitely must serve the file with a dotted file extension - there is no way around this. Any ideas? Is there perhaps an alternative way around the problem? I don't really care how to achieve the goal in a maintainable, robust manner, but in the end the browser needs to see <IMG SRC="http://somewhere/graphic/pythonpowered.gif"> Thanks! Stefan

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