May 2000 - Zope - Zope lists

Really buggy digest software
by Dieter Maurer 28 May '00

28 May '00

Dear administrators, the mailing list digests are really buggy. I have reported some problems some days ago. Today, I ran against a new problem: I got "Zope-Dev digest, Vol 1 #543 - 20 msgs" 6 times and "Zope digest, Vol 1 #801 - 57 msgs" twice. Maybe, you should consider replacing this software by another mailing list management system. Dieter

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LocalFS
by Dieter Maurer 28 May '00

28 May '00

Dear Jonothan, thank you for LocalFS! If you had not created it, I would have done it. However, I must admit, mine would not have been as nice as yours. I have attached a small patch that allows "Local File System" and its content to be cataloged. There are still some open issues I want to discuss in "zope-dev": 1. the addional meta types ("Local Directory" and "Local File") which cannot be added as objects but should, maybe, cataloged. 2. "bobobase_modification_time", which is not completely adaquate for cataloging local files. Dieter ************************************************************************* --- lib/python/Products/LocalFS/:LocalFS.py Fri Apr 14 06:36:06 2000 +++ lib/python/Products/LocalFS/LocalFS.py Sun May 28 22:12:40 2000 @@ -825,6 +825,15 @@ # deprecated methods, for backward compatibility objectIds = fileIds objectProps = fileValues + + # to make LocalDirectory findable and catalogable + def objectItems(self): + # should we add a docstring? -- for webdav/XML-RPC + r= [] + for i in self.fileIds(): + try: r.append((i,self[i])) + except KeyError: pass + return r def tpValues(self): """Returns a list of the folder's sub-folders, used by tree tag."""

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ZCatalog, FieldIndex, reindex problem (long)
by Deb Richardson 28 May '00

28 May '00

Hi all. I've been playing with creating custom Catalog Aware ZClasses for the last couple of days (following the various HowTos and tutorials), and I've run into a problem which has me stumped. I've been through all the documentation I could find, plus as many of the list archives I could deal with. Here's the situation: I created a new Product called "Library_Catalog". In that Product, I created a custom ZClass "LibCatClass" that is CatalogAware. I created a ZCatalog "library_catalog" and changed the Indexes and MetaData Table to include the following Class properties: Indexes (this is the complete list of custom class properties) book_comments (TextIndex) book_edition " book_isbn " book_catalog_date " book_publication_year " book_sub_genre " book_author " book_genre " book_publisher " book_title " book_description " MetaData Table book_sub_genre book_publication_year book_author book_isbn book_genre book_publisher book_title I also created a ZSearch Interface with "library_search" and "library_report" as the search/report DTML methods. I then modified the "LibCatClass_add" constructor to include the following:      In the LibCatClass methods, I added "index_html", "edit_propertiesForm", and "edit_properties". The edit_properties method contains the following: <dtml-var standard_html_header>   <p>Changes saved.</p> <dtml-var standard_html_footer> (I'm not including the source of edit_propertiesForm because I'm fairly certain that it's irrelevant...if not, let me know and I'll provide it.) Up to this point everything works fine...I can add new instances and they're cataloged, I can edit the properties of those instances and the changes are automatically cataloged. All appears to be well. Having cleared the catalog and deleted all the instances, I made a few changes to the Indexes part of the catalog, which is when the problems started. I decided that I wanted to have a couple of "FieldIndex" type Indexes, so I deleted the book_genre index and recreated it with "FieldIndex" as its type. I can add new instances and they're cataloged okay, and I can edit the properties that are "TextIndex" types in the Indexes and everything is still okay. But, when I try to edit the book_genre property (that is the "FieldIndex" type) the instance no longer shows up when the catalog is searched. It's _in_ the catalog, but I get the "There was no data matching this library query" message when I search for it. So, I've been through the whole thing a dozen or so times, attempting to track down the bug. As far as I can tell, there is an issue related to reindexing an instance that includes a "FieldIndex" index type. Have I missed something obvious? Anyone have any idea how I can fix this? TIA - deb (yes, I'm basically a Zope newbie, but I'm sure having a lot of fun)

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newbie question: parameter passing for ZSQL Object
by zope 28 May '00

28 May '00

Hi. With some values that I got from a formular, I wan't to do some calculation stuff, and insert the calculated values into a database. My Z SQL method'insertItem' looks like Arguments: param1, param2, param3, param4 INSERT INTO plan (field1, field2, field3, field4) VALUES (<dtml-var param1>, <dtml-var param2>, <dtml-var param3>, <dtml-var param4>) (parameters should be integer values) Can anybody tell me how I can call this method and pass parameters from my DTML method? With <dtml-call insertItem>, Zope gives me following error message: Zope has encountered an error while publishing this resource. Error Type: Bad Request Error Value: ['param1', 'param2', 'param3', 'param4'] I was checking then "ZSQL Methods User's Guide" but, they don't give an example :-( Please help. Any idea? Thanks, Marc.

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acquisition and access control
by Oliver Frommel 28 May '00

28 May '00

Hi, I have implemented a hierarchical access control with the following scheme: given the structure /a/b/c/d write access is granted if the AUTHENTICATED_USER has a role identical to the folder name or one of the parent folders, i.e. a user with role b can change contents of folders b, c, and d, but not a. I need to have a single user_folder and thus can't use a scheme similar to the content manager's guide .. It works like this: for all parents compare role to foldername if equal grant permission The problem is that one can change the access path by using acquisition, e.g. /a/b/a, so a user with only role b can now change folder a, too. is there a way to disallow acquisition for single folders or objects or any other way to make this work? thanks --Oliver

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FW: trying to connect zope to m/s access 2000 d/b
by Michael Douglass 28 May '00

28 May '00

-----Original Message----- From: Michael Douglass [mailto:rivcomsupport@one.net.au] Sent: Monday, 29 May 2000 1:09 AM To: zope(a)aope.org Subject: trying to connect zope to m/s access 2000 d/b am using windows 98 & have constructed a ms access 2000 db that i have been trying to connect to via zope. wasn't sure so i downloaded zodbc db adapter. a couple of problems if my connection depends on this. 1st i add it to the top level of the zope installation but it is installed lower down & 2nd i require a id & password to connect to my zope applications so do i need to put in a connection string & if so where? at the moment the only db it is giving me access to is the gadfly demo. do i even need the zodbc adapter? thanks in advance. much appreciated michael

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by Patrick J.M. Keane 28 May '00

28 May '00

Anyone else getting 5 copies of the same message, or is it just me?

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Re: [Zope] Building ZPyGreSQLDA on Linux
by Hung Jung Lu 28 May '00

28 May '00

>From: Daryl Tester <dt(a)picknowl.com.au> > > Let me try again, does any of you guys have a "config" subfolder inside >your > > /usr/lib/python1.5/ folder? > >Yes. For the record (RedHat 6.1): > >[dt@nipnyep dt]$ ls /usr/lib/python1.5/config/ >Makefile Setup.local config.c.in makesetup >Makefile.pre.in Setup.thread install-sh python.o >Setup config.c libpython1.5.a Thanks a lot, I am inching in day-by-day. :) Your directory structure is really illuminating. You've been very helpful. You'll see why in a second. Trust me, and please take the time to verify yourself, and let me repeat once and for all: the "config" subfolder is a deprecated feature in Python. It's gone. Bye bye to "config". It no longer exists in Python distribution 1.5.2. My Python folder shows the following: (this is from the latest source install of Python... downloaded yesterday from www.python.org) -------------------------------------------- [hjlu@www src]$ ls /u/c2/hjlu/Python-1.5.2/ BeOS Makefile.in Parser config.cache configure.in Demo Misc Python config.h getbuildinfo.o Grammar Modules README config.h.in install-sh Include Objects Tools config.log libpython1.5.a Lib PC acconfig.h config.status pg.py Makefile PCbuild buildno configure python -------------------------------------------- As you can see, a lot of your files that used to be inside the "config" subfolder are nowadays at the root of the Python installation directory. The "makesetup" file is nowadays inside the "Modules" subfolder. It seems to me that Python installation has changed substantially from 1.5 to 1.5.2. So, in short, those of you that are running ZPyGreSQLDA are a very limited lucky bunch of people that are still using Python 1.5 instead of 1.5.2. :) In other words, ZPyGreSQLDA simply doesn't work out-of-the-box with Python 1.5.2. After tweaking the Makefile.pre.in, I have been able to go a few more steps in the makefile process. It still has error, but I'll solve one error at a day, ha. :) Regards and thanks again to all who have helped. I'll post a summary on how to install ZPyGreSQLDA with Python 1.5.2, if I succeed to. :) Hung Jung ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

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Help Executing "install"
by Darin Mosier 28 May '00

28 May '00

I'm trying to get zope installed on my Unix server. I have untared the main file and everything is on the server in a local directory. My problem is I can't execute the file "install" from the server. Can someone please tell me the program or terminal I use to login my Unix server. Thanks Darin _______________________________________________________ Are you a Techie? Get Your Free Tech Email Address Now! Many to choose from! Visit http://www.TechEmail.com

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Hey...
by Dr Watt 28 May '00

28 May '00

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