December 2002 - Zope

RE: [Zope] Query
by Dean Matsueda 13 Dec '02

13 Dec '02

Great, thanks Paul & Nitin for your answers! Cheers, ..dean -----Original Message----- From: Nitin Borwankar [mailto:nitin@borwankar.com] Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 12:43 PM To: zope(a)zope.org Subject: Re: [Zope] Query Paul Winkler wrote: >On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 06:16:23PM -0800, Dean Matsueda wrote: > [...] >* any comparisons to Tomcat? or other Java-based frameworks? > >No. ;) > > Yes :-)) Note I use both Zope and Tomcat so this is not based on religious feelings. Using Zope will allow you to focus on getting your work done without having to wade through tons of tutorials and docs about the next Java API, SDK version security toolkit, ... all before getting one page up. You will get work done in 20-25% of the time with your mind feeling a lot lighter. The Zope database adapter and DTML support for SQL queries allows powerful apps to be built rapidly and also maintained with much less pain. The only reason you would not use Zope and use Tomcat would be if there was a corporate policy of using Java and J2EE and/or you had to be tightly coupled into some existing Java application/platform. ( Loosely coupled you can still do with Zope and XML messaging/SOAP). That is the current reason I use Tomcat in some areas. -- Statistics show that most people are in the majority, while fewer are in the minority Nitin Borwankar nitin(a)borwankar.com _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )

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standard_error_message in Python Product
by Thomas Guettler 13 Dec '02

13 Dec '02

Hi! Is it possible to write a standard_error_message as a method in a python product? "def standard_error_message(self, **kwargs)" --> this does not work. I get: An Error occured while displaying the error message ... I don't get it working, according to the collector it should be working with 2.6.0 Version: (Zope 2.6.0 (source release, python 2.1, linux2), python 2.1.3, linux2) thomas -- Thomas Guettler <guettli(a)thomas-guettler.de> http://www.thomas-guettler.de

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Intel vs AMD
by Myroslav Opyr 13 Dec '02

13 Dec '02

Hi, I'm a bit stuck with finding proper solution. What iterest me right now is comparison of Zope, CMF, Plone perfomance on hardware that pretend to be called server-kind. Does anybody has any experience or benchmark result in comparing Intel Xeon and AMD Athlon MP? Anything? Zope, CMF, Plone ab comparison. Pystones benchmark results? Does anybody know how memory type influences perfomance? And does anybody succeded in binding Zope instances to different processors in 2-processor configurations? We got poor perfomance with P IV and thus I am asking if anybody has better stories regarding hardware. Thanks in advance, m. -- Myroslav Opyr zope.net.ua * Ukrainian Zope Hosting e-mail: myroslav(a)zope.net.ua cell: +380 50.3174578

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DTMLFile
by Steffen Hausmann 13 Dec '02

13 Dec '02

Hi, I am working on an external method with a form and a button on it. <input type="submit" name="manage_addTerminhinweis:method" /> The method called by the button is defined in my class like this. manage_addTerminhinweis=DTMLFile("dtml/manage_addTerminhinweis", globals()) The manage_addTerminhinweis file doesn't use any dtml expressions. If I press the button as admin (inituser) everything works fine, but if I login as a normal user (defined in an acl_user folder) who has the same rights as admin I'm getting an unauthorized error. Any ideas why this doesn't work. MfG Steffen -- Manche Maenner bemuehen sich ein ganzes Leben lang, das Wesen einer Frau zu verstehen. Andere befassen sich mit weniger schwierigen Dingen, z.B. der Relativitaetstheorie.

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formulator objects
by David Bear 12 Dec '02

12 Dec '02

I'm trying to understand formulator. From python I want to access each field provided from the formulator form. I tried the following and get an error. What methods are available on each of the field objects in a form? What kind of objects are they? I was thinking that form.get_fields() returned a dictionary with the field name the dictionary element, and the value of the field the value of the element. But the following code throws and exception with fnamelist['fname'] -- each name in fnamelist is the name of a field object on my form. any pointers? # script to take formulator form object and spit it back for testing from Products.Formulator.Errors import ValidationError, FormValidationError # form = context.addTechDoc print "the form object %s" % form print "== \n" fieldlist = [] fnamelist = ['author', 'createdON', 'docTitle', 'keywords', 'techDocBody'] print form.get_fields() print "== \n" cnt = 0 for field in form.get_fields(): fieldlist.append(field.get_value(fnamelist[cnt])) cnt = cnt + 1 print "the field list \n" print "%s" % fieldlist return(printed) -- David Bear College of Public Programs/ASU Mail Code 0803

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Re: Zope Couldn't install ZCatalog - or OFSP
by Josef Meile 12 Dec '02

12 Dec '02

--- In zope@y..., george donnelly <list@z...> wrote: > hi, I'm trying out 2.6.0 (the binary) and running it for the first time on > RH7.2 w/ instance home I get these errors in my supid log file saying zope > couldn't install OFSP or ZCatalog (see below). I had the same error message, but finally I could solve it or that's why I think. I will do the final test with my real server this weekend. According to those two messages: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zope/message/102321 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zope/message/102714 There is a problem when you have ZClases that are subclasses of ObjectManager because something changed in the new Zope. I tried what they said there and convined it with some steps more: 1- Be sure of having a copy of your Zope in another place, just in case this fails. 2- From the ZClasses that are based on ObjectManager, delete the suboject references in the "Subobjects Tab" and save changes. 3- Export them. 4- Import them in your new installation and then add the subobject references. 5- From your old zope export your other ZClasses and import them in your new installation. 6- Install the other products that you are using. 7- Export all your old Zope site and reimport it in a new installation. I know it's a really boring and long procedure, but at least it seems to work. Regards, Josef.

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Accepting XML requests
by Peter Bengtsson 12 Dec '02

12 Dec '02

I have set up a URL with a SMS-sending company. Basically, we set up so that http://ourhost:port/Folder/SMS/Receive should get the XML when someone sends an SMS to a particular number. How do I in Zope, or rather, in this External Method accept the XML? Once I get the XML-Schema in as a string I'll know what to do with it, but I'm not there yet. [NB: Invoking the URL manually in the browser works and even though it's just very basic debugging, it returns something without errors] If I try to standalone manually send an XML request using httplib as I think they'll send it to us I get this error in response: Error Type: ResponseError Error Value: <xmlrpclib.ResponseError instance at 0x92b7ba4> Traceback (innermost last): File /local/home/peterbe/Zope-2.5.1-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 150, in publish_module File /local/home/peterbe/Zope-2.5.1-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 114, in publish File /local/home/peterbe/Zope-2.5.1-src/lib/python/Zope/__init__.py, line 159, in zpublisher_exception_hook (Object: Zope) File /local/home/peterbe/Zope-2.5.1-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 63, in publish File /local/home/peterbe/Zope-2.5.1-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/HTTPRequest.py, line 357, in processInputs File /local/home/peterbe/Zope-2.5.1-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/xmlrpc.py, line 47, in parse_input File /local/home/peterbe/Zope-2.5.1-src/lib/python/xmlrpclib.py, line 532, in loads File /local/home/peterbe/Zope-2.5.1-src/lib/python/xmlrpclib.py, line 369, in close ResponseError: (see above) Why xmlrpclib? Basically, how do I get the XML-Schema in as a string to work with from the XML request? Peter

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RE: [Zope] Query
by Dean Matsueda 12 Dec '02

12 Dec '02

Greetings, all! I just joined the mailing list and my .org is considering moving to an Open Source middleware framework like Zope. I've searched through some of the list-serv archives and read through the Zope Newbie FAQ, but didn't see any topics on some of the questions I have about using Zope. If anyone can tell me some user experience stories, I'd much appreciate it. Specifically, I'm wondering: * what kind of web applications are you building and using with Zope? * which web server are you deploying Zope on? * how active is the Zope user community? * how easy [or not] is it to build custom apps or extend the use of Zope with Python? * any comparisons to Tomcat? or other Java-based frameworks? Thanks in advance! ..dean

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WYSIWYG Editors for Zope?
by Bryan Capitano 12 Dec '02

12 Dec '02

Is there a WYSIWYG html/text editor which can be plugged into Zope? Structured text is better than nothing, but most all commercial "big boys" in CMS products provide WYSIWYG functioinality for the non-technical types to create and maintain pages and content. I don't see anything like this for Zope yet. Nothing in the mailling list archives either. Any ideas, hints, or road signs about this matter? Thanks for any help, Bryan Bryan R. Capitano President, CAPITANO WEb CONSULTING Tel: 541-344-0747 Email: Bryan(a)capitanoweb.com URL: http://www.capitanoweb.com

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Pack won't finish
by Chris Muldrow 12 Dec '02

12 Dec '02

I'm trying to pack our Data.fs, but it appears to be hanging. The Data.fs.pack file hits a certain size and stops growing, but it doesn't swap out with the live Data.fs. We're using Zope 2.6.0 with Zeo 1.0 on RedHat 7.1 Linux. Any ideas on where to look for problems?

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