February 2000 - Zope

Check internal link consistency (aka linkbot)?
by Stefan Hoffmeister 29 Feb '00

29 Feb '00

How do you check the internal consistency of link - traditionally known as a linkbot? Of course one could run a bot on the published site - but that seems to be a bit inefficient?

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structured text formatting
by John Williams 29 Feb '00

29 Feb '00

The structured text formating doesn't appear to work properly with data extracted from an external SQL database - in particular the paragraph type formatting is lost although the character type formatting does work. How do I get around this problem? -- Dr. John A.R. Williams Photonics Research Group Telecommunications Technology Programme Director Aston University

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Password problem.
by Eddie Maddox 29 Feb '00

29 Feb '00

Just starting to learn Zope. Running Mandrake 6.1 on AMD K6. Grabbed Zope 2.1.4 i386 .tgz. Unpacked in /usr/share/zope-2.1.4 . ./install -u Super_Manager_username --> ok, except, thanks to Zope List archives, figured out I had to chown nobody. .../var and rerun ./install, otherwise it aborted trying to write the Z2.pid file. (Some one should report that as a bug, that ./install gets the .../var ownership wrong.) Now, using the Lynx browser (of course), Goto: http://localhost:8080 --> Welcome to Zope! But, selecting "management screen", I give it Username & Password for Super Manager --> Authorization failed. So, I try the "bin/python zpasswd.py zpassword" from /usr/share/zope-2.1.4. All looks fine, but doesn't work. Am excited about using Zope, and later the Portal Tool Kit. Just this one little problem, though. Thanks for your help. ------------------ Eddie Maddox eddie(a)mngovsci.com

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ID with Space in Name
by Jochen Haeberle 28 Feb '00

28 Feb '00

Hi, I have a problem with an object that has a Space in it's ID Name. The object causes several problems because it sometimes cannot be found. The object is contained in a catalog_aware class and cannot be renamed or deleted because an error occurs: Error Type: ValueError Error Value: Uncatalog of absent id 'Album/Narrentreffen2000/Fete%201' Anyone has a clue how I can get rid of such an object? Jochen

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External Method Directory not recognized
by TMGB 28 Feb '00

28 Feb '00

>From the Control Panel: Zope version: Zope 2.0.0 (binary release, python 1.5.2, win32-x86) Python version: 1.5.2 (#0, Jul 30 1999, 09:52:18) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] System Platform: win32 Process ID: (removed) Running for: 1 hour 31 min 54 sec First of all, I am using the "How-To:Using External Methods" How-to Created by Brian (thanks Brian). Second, Am I using the right zope feature to do what I want or should I choose another route? I am trying to change all " to "" so that MySQL will not truncate text coming from a form to be stored in a text field that has a quote in the text which it now truncates. I am trying to use a python External method. MySQL will accept "" or \" (maybe /"). I have written a python file that works as written ( at least on my pc) to change " to "". This is my directory structure: ZopeSite - bin - doc - Extensions - quote2dblquote.py - Graphics - inst - lib - MidiFiles - pcgi - utilities - var - Zserver I created the Extensions directory because there was none and restarted the server, even tried putting an Extensions directory under Zserver and restart it (got same error). Here's the sequence i go through: -------- from Add External Method ------------- Id: q2dq Title: set one double quote to two double quotes for MySQL Function name: quote2dblquote Python module file:quote2dblquote -------- end add method -------------------- ----------- Zope error ----------------------- Zope Error Zope has encountered an error while publishing this resource. Error Type: IOError Error Value: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '-S' 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 ---------- end zope error msg ------------------ ----- html source from error page -------------- <TITLE>Missing Post reply data</TITLE> <H1>Data Missing</H1> This document resulted from a POST operation and has expired from the cache. If you wish you can repost the form data to recreate the document by pressing the <b>reload</b> button. ------- end html source ------------------------- ---------- python script----------- import fileinput import string def quote2dblquote(): text="" for line in fileinput.input(): line = string.replace(line,"\"","\"\"") text = text + string.join(line,"") print text # for testing # return (text) # do I need this quote2dblquote() ------- end python script ---------- Okay, here goes, I'm sending this, Thomas ps - once I can use the object q2dq how do I tell it the argument, like this? <dtml-var q2dq(<dtml-var question>)> where question is the parameter coming from the form. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rock and Rule Zope Rocks -- http://www.zope.org Python Rules -- http://www.python.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas McMillan Grant Bennett Appalachian State University Computer Consultant II University Library bennettt(a)am.appstate.edu http://www.library.appstate.edu/webmaster/ Voice: 828 262 6587 FAX: 828 262 3001 Windows 95 is a 32-bit extension to a 16-bit patch for an 8-bit operating system that was originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor. - Chris Dunphy Boot Magazine

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Again: manage_afterAdd
by Tom Deprez 28 Feb '00

28 Feb '00

I've a class with a property myparent This property needs to be set after a new instance is added or when the instance is moved. Thanks to people from the list, I know I've to make an external method and add the external method manage_afterAdd to the methods of the class. This is how the method looks: def manage_afterAdd(self,item,container): item.myparent=container.id return Unfortunately, when I add a new instance and then look at the myparent property, the property is empty, while it should have a value. What am I doing wrong? tom.

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dtml-tree?
by Nils Jeppe 28 Feb '00

28 Feb '00

I have a folder with some subfolders and subdocuments. I want to create a tree view of it: <dtml-var standard_html_header> <dtml-tree> <dtml-var id> </dtml-tree> <dtml-var standard_html_footer> And all Zope does is create a document with: <TABLE CELLSPACING="0"> </TABLE> in it (plus the normal headers, of course). Obviously I am doing something wrong. What is it? :-( Considering this seems to be exactly what I find in the Docs, I'm really wondering. Nils -- "Fool me seven times, shame on you. Fool me eight or more times, shame on me." -- Amy

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Zope SQL Method
by Pedro Silva 28 Feb '00

28 Feb '00

Hi Zopits, I'm trying to use the Z SQL Method to create a table. I have the following code in that: CREATE TABLE Registos (Nome VARCHAR(10), Apelido VARCHAR(10), Morada VARCHAR(50), Localidade VARCHAR(30), Casa INT, Telemovel INT, Data_nasc VARCHAR(10)) When I push the Submit Query button, it gives me a error: "Syntax Error". Where could that syntax error be? I already looked to the code and I fine him right, so I can't figure where the error could be. Can anyone help me on this? Please send your answers to: psilva(a)ruido-visual.pt Thanks, Pedro

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document repository product?
by Sean Kelley 28 Feb '00

28 Feb '00

I want to allow users to access various types of documents (Word, Excel, PDF) where the manager (w/o web or zope experience), can provide comments, updates, and add new documents via a web interface. Is there such a product? Sean Kelley EPC Identification Systems/ Q-Cee's Product Corporation Direct: (707) 360-2347 Phone: (707) 575-3336 ext. 2347 Fax: (707) 575-3337 www.epc1.com www.q-cees.com

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DSN-less database connection?
by Sean Kelley 28 Feb '00

28 Feb '00

I want to access a MS Access file or some other database with Zope and use SQL. How do I do this on a server that I don't control (ie- I cannot create a system DSN on my ISP which hosts Zope)? Sean Kelley EPC Identification Systems/ Q-Cee's Product Corporation Direct: (707) 360-2347 Phone: (707) 575-3336 ext. 2347 Fax: (707) 575-3337 www.epc1.com www.q-cees.com

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