January 2001 - Zope - Zope lists

"PrincipiaSearchSource()" dtml-method and Catalog
by Max M 14 Jan '01

14 Jan '01

I have made a dtml method called "PrincipiaSearchSource" in a bunch of zClasses so that my Catalog will index severeal parameters in the zClass, but nothing happens. As far as I can see PrincipiaSearchSource is a default value that is indexed in catalog. Have I misunderstood that? The title gets indexed ok when i update my classes but not the content delivered via the PrincipiaSearchSource method. Does anybody have an idea? I have tried to return via PrincipiaSearchSource in 2 different ways (None of which works): #1 --------------- <dtml-return "var1 + var2 +var3"> #2 --------------- <dtml-var var1> <dtml-var var2> <dtml-var var2> regards Max M Max M. W. Rasmussen, Denmark. New Media Director private: maxmcorp(a)worldonline.dk work: maxm(a)normik.dk ----------------------------------------------------- Specialization is for insects. - Robert A. Heinlein

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reindex when a zclass is edited
by Tim Hicks 14 Jan '01

14 Jan '01

I know this has been asked numerous times before (once by me!), and I'm sorry to cover the same ground again, but I've spent all afternoon searching through the list archives to no avail. I have a zclass that is catalogaware (selected first and all that). When I add an instance, it gets cataloged and all is fine. I followed the how to (http://www.zope.org/Members/AlexR/CatalogAware) and successfully made my instance get reindexed when the properties are changed, but I can't for the life of me figure out or find anywhere that can tell me how to make the instance get reindexed when it is edited. I'm assuming that it is similar to the process for reindexing when the properties are changed, but I'm just not sure of the details. If it's not too much trouble, could someone give me detailed instructions (or a link) on how to do this. I'd really appreciate it. cheers tim

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DCOracle bug?
by Shai Berger 14 Jan '01

14 Jan '01

Hi guys, As I have written before, we are using DCOracle 1.3.2 / Oracle 8.0.5 on a Linux/i386. We need some LONG RAW columns, and we hold them in a special table long_data, with two columns, long_id (int) and long_data (long raw). Other tables where long data is needed hold references to this table. We have recently encountered a peculiar behavior: In Zope, if we issue a query which selects many rows with one long column each (essentially, select * from long_data ), it works; if the query selects more than one column, but only one row (essentially, select a.*,b.* from long_data a, long_data b where a.long_id=17 and b.long_id=34 ), it also works; but if we select multiple rows with multiple long columns (as in select a.*,b.* from long_data a, long_data b ) we get an Oracle error indicating a buffer is not allocated to receive the data. Has anyone seen anything like this before? Thanks, Shai.

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importing string module in python METHOD - a problem that shouldn't be a problem problem
by Lee 14 Jan '01

14 Jan '01

Hi, I have a Python method that needs to use the string module. In the method body I have the 'import string' statement but when I try it => Error Type: ImportError Error Value: __import__ not found The documentation collaborates that import statements (the string module specifically) can be used in Python methods. The method body is... import string text = details y = string.split(text,"x") studentMatric = y[0] studentRecord = y[1] return studentMatric + studentRecord .., which results in the above error. Can anyone suggest a reason for this? I think (hope) it'll work if I put it in my extensions directory. Thanks very much, Lee -- Lee Reilly mailto:lee.reilly@ntlworld.com ø¤º°`°º¤ø,,,,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,,,,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,,,,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,,,, HAVE SKILLS; WILL TRAVEL. I'm currently looking for an internship in the USA in the field of web development. Ideally, I'm looking for a placement for 3 to 18 months. Can you help? More details, my resume, etc. @ http://homepages.strath.ac.uk/~aeu97172/ </shameless plug>

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REQUEST object - obtaining variables from
by Lee 14 Jan '01

14 Jan '01

Hi, I am having some problems with the REQUEST namespace/object. I understand that if I submit form data then it can be retrieved using the REQUEST object. I have looked at Chapter 7 (Advanced DTML) for support but I'm still no closer to success. I have a DTML method, which passes an unknown number of arguments with unknown names to another method. For example, <form action="display"> Name <input type="text" name="name1"><br> Age <input type="text" name="age1"><br> Name <input type="text" name="name2"><br> Age <input type="text" name="age2"><br> <input type="submit"> </form> I would like the display method to simply show each of the variable's names and values i.e. iterate through each variable in the REQUEST object. Maybe I've overlooked something in the Zope documentation but could someone supply a useful snippet of code to get me started? Thanks very much, Lee -- Lee Reilly mailto:lee.reilly@ntlworld.com ø¤º°`°º¤ø,,,,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,,,,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,,,,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,,,, HAVE SKILLS; WILL TRAVEL. I'm currently looking for an internship in the USA in the field of web development. Ideally, I'm looking for a placement for 3 to 18 months. Can you help? More details, my resume, etc. @ http://homepages.strath.ac.uk/~aeu97172/ </shameless plug>

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RE: [Zope] Zope Marketing
by Stephan Goeldi 13 Jan '01

13 Jan '01

> > I searched on several sites for Zope Marketing products like > > e.g. high quality color PDF or slides, targeting management > > or marketing people. > >Not a bad idea. I wouldn't mind having a go at it, can someone at >DigiCool send me a large version of the Z ball logo and the fonts used >by 'Zope'? And if you could create a 'media' or 'press' directory on zope.org with all the PR and Marketing PDF Files, Zlogo etc. in it, it would be perfect. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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RE: [Zope] hasRole bug or feature in 2.2.?
by Randall F. Kern 13 Jan '01

13 Jan '01

> From: Ron Bickers [mailto:rbickers@logicetc.com] > If this is true, it explains clearly Zope's behavior. It's really a browser > "feature" and not a Zope issue at all. Yes, that's the problem. My solution is to use a custom UserFolder, which sets a temporary cookie when a normal HTTP login is accepted. This cookie is then used for further validation. The class I use is rather complex, providing persistent login in addition to these features, and randomly re-creating the cookie so one can't easily spoof a user, but this simple class will get you going: class UserFolder(AccessControl.User.BasicUserFolder): def validate(self, request, auth='', roles=None): user = AccessControl.User.BasicUserFolder.validate(self, request, auth, roles) if user is AccessControl.User.nobody or user is None: if request.cookies.has_key('login'): user = self.getUser(request.cookies['login']) else: request.response.setCookie('login', user.getUserName(), path='/') return user -Randy

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TREE tag - not showing Folderish objects that contain no sub-objects
by Kevin Howe 13 Jan '01

13 Jan '01

I currently have a TREE tag as follows: <dtml-tree expr="PARENTS[-1]" branches_expr="objectValues()" sort=id> which basically says: "Display objects which can contain sub-objects" such as Folders, Folderish Products, ZClassed based on ObjectManager, etc. What I would like to do is display these objects, but ONLY IF they currently contain some objects, so that if an object does not contain any subobjects at the moment, it is not displayed. Something like the following: <dtml-tree expr="PARENTS[-1]" branches_expr="_.len( objectValues() ) > 0" sort=id> Unfortuntately the above doesn't seem to work (can Python's len() function be called from DTML?). Does anyone know what expression might do what I am looking for? Kevin

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Lines Property and special namespace variable
by Tom Scheidt 13 Jan '01

13 Jan '01

Hi all, Im trying to changes the contents of a lines property into floating point numbers a la: <dtml-in lines> <dtml-let "_.float(lines)"> <dtml-if "lines > 0"><font color="#006600"></dtml-if> <dtml-var sequence-item> </dtml-in> The contents of the lines property are: 25.32 -16.50 Thanks in advance.

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Collector Product ??
by Peter Bengtsson 13 Jan '01

13 Jan '01

I'm looking for a bug-tracking-software-system. Does DC give out their Collector (http://classic.zope.org:8080/Collector) Product for free for us? Where can it be downloaded? Is there anybody out there who would care to share their product with me? ;) Any hints? Peter

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