October 2002 - Zope - Zope lists

FW: [ZC] 607/ 1 Request "pcgi returns (103) unable to verify if p rocess is running "
by Jay, Dylan 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

I thought I'd forward this here in case anyone has had similar problems or has ideas on how to fix this problem. -----Original Message----- From: Collector: Zope Bugs, Features, and Patches ... [mailto:zope-coders@zope.org] Sent: Friday, 4 October 2002 4:45 PM To: djay; klm; Brian; chrism; Caseman; _Pending_ recipient Subject: [ZC] 607/ 1 Request "pcgi returns (103) unable to verify if process is running " Issue #607 Update (Request) "pcgi returns (103) unable to verify if process is running " Status Pending, Zope/bug critical To followup, visit: http://collector.zope.org/Zope/607 ============================================================== = Request - Entry #1 by djay on Oct 4, 2002 2:44 am Until recently this setup was working fine (for several months) and now pcgi-wrapper.exe is returning "(103) unable to verify if process is running". The zope server is directly accessable via http. The PCGI port is being listened to by the zope process. The configuration file is correct and a similar setup is working on another server. The process id in the PID file is correct. Rebooting the machine fixes the problem temporarily but soon after the problem kicks in again. Just restarting zope seems to make no difference. We're at a loss as to what can be the cause of this or how to fix this, hense this trouble ticket. We have integrated with IIS authentication so direct zope http serving is not an option. Currently our intranet site has been unavailable for serveral days while we try to work this out. Any help or fixes in this area would be greatly appreciated. Here is the pcgi file #!C:\Program Files\Zope\2.5.1\pcgi\win32\pcgi-wrapper.exe # # This PCGI info file was generated automatically by # the Zope installer. See the file doc/WEBSERVER.txt # for more information on setting up PCGI support. PCGI_NAME=Zope PCGI_PORT=8090 PCGI_MODULE_PATH=C:\Program Files\Zope\2.5.1\lib\python\Zope PCGI_PUBLISHER=C:\Program Files\Zope\2.5.1\pcgi\pcgi_publisher.py PCGI_EXE=C:\Program Files\Zope\2.5.1\bin\python.exe PCGI_SOCKET_FILE=C:\Program Files\Zope\2.5.1\var\pcgi.soc PCGI_PID_FILE=C:\Program Files\Zope\2.5.1\var\pcgi.pid PCGI_ERROR_LOG=C:\Program Files\Zope\2.5.1\var\pcgi.log PCGI_DISPLAY_ERRORS=1 BOBO_REALM=Zope BOBO_DEBUG_MODE=1 INSTANCE_HOME=C:\Program Files\Zope\2.5.1 ==============================================================

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Developing products in anticipation of Zope 3
by Wankyu Choi 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

Hi All, I have a rather big and complex portal project that'll take at least half a year to complete (plus, I need to pack in e-commerce and club features to accomodate the existing user base, a huge one). Taking CMF and/or Plone as it is would need too much customization. Still, basing my project on CMF is an option I'm considering. Until now, I've been coding this portal from scratch with no dependency on any other product and it's usable with 1.0b tag. (It's in no way complete and not public yet, but if you want to see it in action visit http://www.neoboard.net. Only a minimum set of features - navigation, article system, etc - are visible since my other open source project "NeoBoard" doesn't require Membership and stuff.). What holds me back from going ahead with my plan is... Zope 3. I read an interview article where Jim Fulton **hoped** Zope 3 would be available in **a** usable form in July or early this fall. Against this backdrop, what would you do if you were in my shoes? 1. Go ahead with the no-dependency plan with all modules having distinct connecting points with Zope so that I could plug them into Zope 3 some day. (Is it even possible? Not sure if Zope2 products would seemlessly integrate into Zope3. Jim's interview suggested Zope3 would offer backward compatibility but also suggested that Zope2 products would have to get upgraded to Zope3 architecture anyway.) 2. Base my project on CMF since CMF will be integrated into Zope 3 Core. I'm a bit reluctant to taking this option since, again, too much customization is called for. I'd have to override almost all tools/types plus authentication scheme in order to accomodate the existing user base. (Guess it'll take a lot of re-coding anyhow with Zope 3 even if I push ahead with this plan.) 3. Create a Zope 3 sandbox. Experiment with it and get on with the project inching along with Zope3 development. Learn-and-develop-as-I-go approach, sort of. I'm pretty much inclined to option number 3. I don't want my project to become a dinasaur when Zope 3 surfaces. (Wouldn't I see myself having to upgrade my product the moment Zope 3 gets here in full swing just when I thought the project was over?) Any thoughts/help will be appreciated. Regards, Wankyu Choi

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using ZPT to invoke an External Method and pass in variables
by Tim Lynch 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

I've been trying to get a page template to call an external method, passing some variables in the call. I've been trying to follow an example I found on ZopeLabs: (http://www.zopelabs.com/cookbook/1008969252) Submitted by: runyaga Last Edited: 2002-02-18 Category: Python(External Method) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Description: if you want to use any python libraries, or xmlrpclib you can do this from python external methods. this is very simple. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Source (Text): #inside $ZOPE/Extensions #create a file, xmlrpc_example.py from xmlrpclib import Server def getStateNameByNumber(number=1): """ python lib example """ # simple test program (from the XML-RPC specification) # server = Server("http://localhost:8000") # local server server = Server("http://betty.userland.com") try: return server.examples.getStateName(number) except Error, v: raise v #inside ZOPE create a External Method: #id: getStateName #module: xmlrpc_example #function: getStateNameByNumber #then you can test that or call it from a Pagetemplate: The # is When I follow this as given, I get: Error Type: NameError Error Value: global name 'getStateName' is not defined If I revise the ext. method call to: the call succeeds (using the default value) but I can't figure out how to pass in a value. Anything I try that has a variable in parentheses following the function name fails. The external method is OK as I've tested it outside of zope. (actually, the ext. method is not actually making an xml-rpc call at all -- I'm just returning whatever number is passed in as a sring) I've pored over the mail list archives, checked zopelabs for other examples, to no avail. I'm running Zope 2.60b1 if that makes any difference. - Tim Lynch tlynch(a)nal.usda.gov

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Dynamic DTML
by Colin Fox 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

Hi, all. I have some dtml stored in an SQL table. I would like to be able to retrieve it and execute it. I can't find any documentation on this - I seem to remember something about eval, but I can't find anything. Also - I would like to be able to do this from a PythonScript. Thanks! Colin -- Colin Fox cfox(a)cfconsulting.ca CF Consulting Inc. GPG Fingerprint: D8F0 84E7 E7CC 5C6C 9982 F1A7 A3EB 6EA3 BC97 572F

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Embedding SQL Forms into DTML Methods
by Derek Basch 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

Ioan, The new version seems great. Documentation is done very well. Here is where I am still stuck though. It's a long one. Under "How To Include" in the help instructions you give directions for embedding the generated methods into other DTML Documents/Methods. I have a SQL Form named 'contacts_manager' in the Contacts folder that I am calling from a DTML Method in the Contacts folder like this: <dtml-var "Contacts.contacts_manager.list(_.None,_)"> So as I understand it, you are passing a None value and the current namespace to the generated list method. In this case 'contacts_manager.list'. When I use <dtml-var> to call the list method I get a 'KeyError:table_cell_spacing' error. I looked at the list method and found that it is indeed asking for a 'table_cell_spacing' variable at line 18. I added a <dtml-with "Contacts.contacts_manager.list> surrounding the <dtml-var> which pushed table_cell_spacing into the namespace. After I did this I could view the page with the list method embedded. So far, So good. Now, If click on the 'List','Add', or 'Edit'(key field) links it tries to open: http://localhost:8080/Test/Contacts/(list,add,edit) The links should point to: http://localhost:8080/Test/Contacts/contacts_manager/list,add,edit) It seems to me that the generated methods are only configured to be called directly. The generated add, list, and edit links point to the container of the DTML Method that they are embedded in. In other words, the links expect an SQL Form to be their container. Am I correct? Sorry this is so long, but you asked for my input :) Thanks for all the help, Derek Basch --- Ioan Coman <ioan2k(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi! > > I'm alive and I released version 3.1 > http://www.zope.org/Members/Ioan/SQLForms/SQLForms.zip/view > > Tell me what you think! > (Contain your observation about maxlength > and a full new documentation) > > Ioan. > > --- Derek Basch <dbasch(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > Ioan, > > Are you alive? Did you get my previous letters? I > > could use your help. I am stuck on a few things > with > > SQLForms. > > Thanks, > > Derek Basch > > > > --- Ioan Coman <ioan2k(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > Ioan, > > > > Yes I did get the SQLFormsDemo, but what I > dont > > > > understand is how the demo is supposed to work > > > > without a database to support it? > > > After you download > > > > > > http://www.zope.org/Members/Ioan/SQLForms/SQLFormsDemo.zexp > > > and import it into Zope you'll get te demo > folder! > > > > > > Into demo folder there is 'db1' - a database > > > connector > > > (mine is ODBC, yours could be mysql, postgres, > > > oracle, > > > ...) > > > > > > Erase 'db1' and create your own, then update SQL > > > forms > > > object named 'all'! > > > > > > > > > SQL Forms reporter is not compatibile with > > > version 3.x of SQL Forms! > > > '%LIKE%' should not exist into generated > method!!! > > > > > > > > > I don't have time right now to write doc for > > > SQL Forms; then I have to rewrite SQL Forms > > > Reporter. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Import > > > > > > http://www.zope.org/Members/Ioan/SQLForms/SQLFormsDemo.zexp > > > > > > Do you know how to import it? > > > Save file 'SQLFormsDemo.zexp' into Zope folder > > named > > > > > > 'import' > > > Then go on zope web management interface, > > > create a new folder and use button > 'Import/Export' > > > and then fill box 'Import file name' with > > > 'SQLFormsDemo.zexp' > > > > > > > > > > > > Tell me how the demo is working! > > > > > > Ioan. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > > > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com

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structured text to html vim scripts
by Karl D'Adamo 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

does anyone know of/have scripts for vi that convert wiki structured text to html? thanks

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standard_error_message question
by AM 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

Hi, I was trying out the suggestions regarding custom error handling mentioned @ http://www.zope.org/Members/JohnC/StandardErrorMessage and put a simple <dtml-if "error_type=='NotFound'"> <dtml-call "RESPONSE.redirect(errors.e404.absolute_url())"> </dtml-if> at the top of my standard_error_message. Unfortunately when I try to hit a non-existant page I do not get redirected to the right page, I still get the Debugging Notice.... blah blah blah If I put a <dtml-var error_type> at the top I do get the NotFound at the top of the error page. WHy is this not being handled. TIA AM -- ================================================================== Aseem Mohanty Neurobehavioral Systems Inc, 828 San Pablo Ave, Albany, CA 94706 (R) 510 7696011 (M) 510 3014871 (O) 510 5279231 ================================================================== "I saw `cout' being shifted "Hello world" times to the left and stopped right there!!" -- Steve Gonedes ==================================================================

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Localizer - how to delete a property
by Ulrich Wisser 03 Oct '02

03 Oct '02

Hello, my fingers were faster then my brain. To one of my LocalContent objects I added a localized property "default_template". Of course I can no longer view this object. How can I delete the property. Regards Ulrich -- Searchengine Know How - Webpromotion - Optimization - Internal Search World Wide Web Publisher, Ulrich Wisser, Odensvag 13, S-14571 Norsborg http://www.publisher.de Tel: +46-8-53460905 Fax: +46-8-534 609 06

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transparent gifs
by Danny Morgan 03 Oct '02

03 Oct '02

I've been attempting to use a 'spacer.gif' but run into problems with Zope's rendering of it. Specifically, the space that should be transparent is instead gray. When viewed from the ZMI, it is transparent. When called from a page template, as with the following code, it is not. Likewise, it is gray when called from the web directly. <img src="spacer_gif" width="30" tal:attributes="src here/images/spacer_gif/absolute_url" > http://localhost:8080/images/spacer_gif Thanks for reading, Danny

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Zope-Product SiteSearch?
by Peter.Frey＠haufe.de 03 Oct '02

03 Oct '02

Hi I just tried the ZOD product (Zope Online Documentation) but was not successful because there seems to be a dependency to an other Zope product that I failed to find on www.zope.org The error message I get is: 2002-10-02T20:57:34 PROBLEM(100) ZODB Could not import class 'SiteSearch' from module 'Products.Site Search.SiteSearch' Any tip where to find this product is welcome. There are two HowTos related to the search term 'SiteSearch' but unfortunately nothing that looks like a product. Peter

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