September 2007 - Zope

From DTML to ZPT i need help
by kamal hamzat 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

I have been having issue converting this code in DTML to ZPT. <dtml-in "news.zCatNewsCurrent()"> <dtml-let article=absolute_url> <dtml-if expr="_.int(article[46:48]) < 5"> <div> <a href="<dtml-var expr="article[0:48]">" class="link3"> <dtml-var title> </a><dtml-var author> <dtml-var summary>   <a href="<dtml-var expr="article[:48]">" class="link5"> details </a> </div> </dtml-if> </dtml-let> </dtml-in> Can somebody help to jump start me by converting this code to ZPT for me? I will be most grateful. Thanks. Kamal

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how do I test for the current item in an iteration
by kamal hamzat 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

Dear All, I have this error after i added the if statement Error Type: TypeError Error Value: mybrains.__cmp__(x,y) requires y to be a 'mybrains', not a 'int' for i in context.zCatNewsCurrent(): if i <= 5: print "%s: %s: %s" % (i.id, i.author, i.summary) return printed Pls help kamal Error Type: TypeError Error Value: mybrains.__cmp__(x,y) requires y to be a 'mybrains', not a 'int'

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Zope is in trouble
by Gregory Dudek 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

I have been a Zope developer & user for several years. Zope is great and it has had a major impact on my work. All this to say I am an experienced Zope user and supporter. I think the Zope is in major trouble and the Zope.org web site is badly in need of attention. I started using zope in 2001 at Xerox PARC and the helpful and persuasive resources at zope.org were a major factor. Today, zope.org is full of dead links and it very hard to use unless you are already experienced. Getting started with Zope today is harder now than is was, even though the actual software is better. A key factor is that from the zope.org web site it is not clear if the community is healthy or not, and the general impression is that the project is stalled since so many links are dead and defunct (and in fact I am not so sure of the zope community health myself any longer, despite the ongoing zope postings here). In my opinion, making zope.org look healthy and be usable is the MOST important obstacle for the Zope community. I believe this is both a symptom and a cause of disarray in the Zope user/developer community. Zope was always a bit hairy to get into, without saying anything about Plone development or Zope 3, I just want to point out that without a clear simple up-to-date main web site, things are looking really bad. I introduced some zope-based material in an introductory computer science course a few years ago with moderate success, but am starting to doubt it would be appropriate any longer. I am not criticizing the people on this list or the other Zope developers: I have enormous appreciation for what has been built, I just would hate to see is dwindle in vitality and use. Greg ---- Appendix (Examples) Specific evidence (these are just examples): 1) search for something, say "user folder" on zope.org Pages you get are dated 2001, 2000, 2003, .... Let's try link 3 for the extensible user folder (one of the formerly more popular and useful items in the first few listed). Click the "more info link": dead page (Insufficient Privileges) 2) Click "Zope Products" on the sidebar. Most of the listed products are old. 3) "Resources" Sidebar Item. Click "Zope Links". -> Site Error

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Static Zope 3 APIDOC available!
by Stephan Richter 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that the second Foliage sprint task is completed. Julian Bonilla, Graham Stratton and I worked on the outstanding issues on creating a functional version of the APIDOC, which comes with Zope. Thanks to Jens Vagelpohl, the static APIDOC is now available at: http://apidoc.zope.org I have also uploaded a TGZ archive to: http://download.zope.org/distribution/static-apidoc.tgz I hope that this development will spark renewed interest in the tool. In the future I plan to make more packages available in APIDOC and make it work with eggs. If you are interested, please let me know! Regards, Stephan -- Stephan Richter CBU Physics & Chemistry (B.S.) / Tufts Physics (Ph.D. student) Web2k - Web Software Design, Development and Training

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How do i test sequence-number
by kamal hamzat 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

Please what is wrong with this code: <dtml-in newsSummary> <dtml-var sequence-number> <dtml-if expr="<dtml-var sequence-number> <= 5"> <a href="&dtml-absolute_url;"> <dtml-var title></a> <dtml-var author> <dtml-var summary> </dtml-if> </dtml-in> This the error i got invalid syntax (, line 1) Thanks Kamal

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Re: [Zope] Re: mysqluserfolder access blown - work lost?
by Tres Seaver 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ben Bartrum wrote: > Thanks, I have done that and can log in as emergency, but then I'm > still in the same situation: I cannot enter that folder. The traceback > below is what I get when I try (from the ZMI): > > Site Error > An error was encountered while publishing this resource. > AttributeError > Sorry, a site error occurred. > Traceback (innermost last): > Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 175, in publish_module_standard > Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 132, in publish > Module Zope.App.startup, line 204, in zpublisher_exception_hook > Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 92, in publish > Module ZPublisher.BaseRequest, line 421, in traverse > Module ZPublisher.BaseRequest, line 497, in old_validation > AttributeError: __getitem__ (Also, an error occurred while attempting to render the standard error message.) Hmm, at this point I would be trying one of two things: - You might try undoing the transactions where you added / configureed the user folder. - Or you might go into the debugger and erase the folder, e.g.: $ bin/zopectl debub pdb> folder = app.path.to.folder pdb> del folder.__allow_groups__ pdb> del folder.acl_users pdb> import transaction pdb> transaction.commit() Tres. - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 540-429-0999 tseaver(a)palladion.com Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG/Pyf+gerLs4ltQ4RAugWAJ0Q/Q/dD7WG6YUUsFw3p4OxupNgagCfTmfA WDkAUQYGrOUzfuXJ48q1lhs= =JYeI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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mysqluserfolder access blown - work lost?
by Ben Bartrum 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

Hello I have added mysqlUserFolder to a folder that contained a lot of work I have done. I may not have entered the database connection parameters correctly (it was late). The upshot is that I can now not access anything in that folder. Removing the mysqlUserFolder product doesn't help. Zope 2.7.3 mysqlUserFolder-1.0.5 Any suggestions very welcome Thanks

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z3c.offlinepack
by Ross Patterson 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

I wrote a small script for packing ZODB storages without running zope complete with buildout support for quick deployment without modifying the system. Attached is the README for more details. I hope this is useful for some. Also, I can't seem to get the ReStructuredText in the long_description on the pypi page to display as ReStructuredText instead of just displaying as test. Anyone got any pointers? http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/z3c.offlinepack Ross ================== Pack ZODBs Offline ================== Pack a ZODB storage without running any part of the Zope application server. Only an appropriate version of ZODB3 for the ZODB storage is required. Apply only to copies of ZODB storages, not ZODB storages currently in use. Install the distribution:: $ python setup.py install Then use the offlinepack script to pack a copy of your ZODB:: $ offlinepack /path/to/Data-copy.fs zc.buildout ----------- A buildout.cfg is included that will install the offlinepack script to the buildout. The buildout makes it possible to quickly use the offlinepack script without modifying the system python installation:: $ svn co svn://svn.zope.org/repos/main/z3c.offlinepack/trunk z3c.offlinepack $ cd z3c.offlinepack $ python bootsrtap/bootsrtap.py -v $ bin/buildout -v $ bin/offlinepack /path/to/Data-copy.fs The buildout.cfg file can also be modified to use a specific version of ZODB3. This is uesful if you need to use offlinepack without migrating the ZODB to a newer version of ZODB3. Add the version specifier to the offlinepack section of buildout.cfg. For example, to use offlinepack with Zope 2.9, use the following offlinepack section. [offlinepack] recipe = zc.recipe.egg:scripts eggs = z3c.offlinepack ZODB3<3.7-dev

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ZMySQLDA Question
by tonylabarbara＠aol.com 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

Hi; I want to do something like this in my Page Template: mysql> select * from products order by name, newRow; Now, I know I can do this: tal:define="items python:sequence.sort(items, (('name', 'cmp', 'asc'),))" but that only orders by name, not by name *and* newRow. Any ideas? TIA, Tony ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com

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Moving the Zope (2) collector to launchpad.
by Jim Fulton 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

I'm going to start the process of moving the Zope 2 collector today. It will be impossible to submit issues using the existing collector. We'll announce the availability of the launchpad-based collector soon. Jim -- Jim Fulton mailto:jim@zope.com Python Powered! CTO (540) 361-1714 http://www.python.org Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com http://www.zope.org

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