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Newbie Questions on ZODB Scale
by Robert B 29 Aug '03

29 Aug '03

I have recently discovered Zope and like what I see. I have some basic questions on how the object database scales. I come from a conventional RDBMS background... DB2 and Oracle. I would like to use the database for a content management solution, but I am worried about how the database will scale and perform. Where can I find documentation on how to administer the object database? Many of the links on http://www.zope.org on the ZODB are broken. My concern is that, based on my cursory look, it seems that the object database is stored in essentially one file on the file system. What happens when you outgrow that filesystem, or when you want to span disks in order to spread the load? Or, if I am expecting a large amount of files stored in the database, should I set up the server to store the files external to the object database? Any and all help would be appreciated, Robert

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Data packing error
by Todd Loomis, (SAIC) 29 Aug '03

29 Aug '03

All: When i try to pack my database i get the following error: Zope Ver. 2.4.4 on Redhat 7.2  ============================================ Todd

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problems with news item properties
by martin f krafft 29 Aug '03

29 Aug '03

I am sending this to the general Zope list because I think this is not really CMF-specific even though it uses a type from CMFDefault: The News Item. I have a macro that does pretty much the standard news box thing (abbreviated): <metal:block define-macro="box" tal:define="results python:request.get('news', here.portal_catalog.searchResults( ... ));:> <tal:block repeat="obj results"> <span tal:replace="python:test(obj.Title, obj.Title, obj.id)" /> <span tal:replace="python:here.toPortalTime(obj.modified)" /> <span tal:replace="structure obj/description" /> <span tal:replace="structure obj/CookedBody" /> </tal:block> </metal:block> This macro is used by a template, which is used by a document to render itself. It works, but mostly doesn't. I can see ZCatalog returning a <mybrain instance> for each of the results. However, if I then try to use these mybrains instances the way I see e.g. Plone do it (the above is pretty much copied from Plone), it does weird things. The two news items I have created for testing purposes are named "First" and "Second", and they both have different descriptions and body texts. When I render the document (which uses a macro that uses the above macro), obj.Title seems to be "News Item" for both items, the description is empty, and CookedBody outputs the CookedBody of the document I am calling ('template') rather than the one of the object. However, looking at CMFDefault/NewsItem.py, News Item does sport 'description' and 'CookedBody', which is verified by looking at the Plone ZPTs using it that way. What is going on? The page in question is at http://tokyolectures.org, but I guess that doesn't really help a lot. Thanks, -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:" net@madduck invalid/expired pgp subkeys? use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver! "montag, why do you burn books?" "it's a job like any other, pay is good and there is a lot of variety." -- ray bradbury (f451)

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Scripting ExternalFile
by David Mitchell 29 Aug '03

29 Aug '03

Hello everyone, I've got a script that generates HTML content on a regular basis, and I want to be able to make it visible via Zope. The ExternalFile product is just about perfect, except that I want to be able to script the "inclusion" of files into the Zope infrastructure rather than go ExternalFile's GUI each time. I can't just leave the HTML content out in the file system; I need to be able to manage access using Zope's security system. Has anyone got any pointers on how to do this, or even point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance Dave Mitchell

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RE: [Zope] Changing password in acl_users doesn't work
by Jet Wilda 29 Aug '03

29 Aug '03

It is the stock user folder and says "User Folder". I figured why it is doing this. Under the properties tab if I have "Encrypt user passwords" checked then it throws that error. If I uncheck it then the error goes away. On a side note how do I get the error_log? > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris McDonough [mailto:chrism@zopemafia.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 2:58 PM > To: Jet Wilda > Cc: zope(a)zope.org > Subject: RE: [Zope] Changing password in acl_users doesn't work > > > Nope, I was wrong. Nothing in the change logs about it. > What kind of user folder is it? (e.g. does it say "User > Folder" on its management interface, indicating it's the > stock user folder or does it say something else?). Showing > us the error captured in the error_log related to this would > be helpful too (and would answer the previous question as well). > > On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 14:43, Jet Wilda wrote: > > I'm running Zope2.6.1 on Linux with python2.1.3 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jet Wilda > > > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 2:08 PM > > > To: zope(a)zope.org > > > Subject: [Zope] Changing password in acl_users doesn't work > > > > > > > > > When I go into the acl_users folder in the root of the ZMI > > > "/acl_users" and click on a user to change the password it > > > throws this error: > > > Error Type: NameError > > > Error Value: global name 'pw' is not defined > > > > > > How do I fix this? > > > > > > Jet > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org > > > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > > > ** No cross > > > posts or HTML encoding! ** > > > (Related lists - > > > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > > > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org > > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > > (Related lists - > > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) > >

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Rendering Dynamic Content
by Bill Etheredge 29 Aug '03

29 Aug '03

I am pretty novice at Zope and have a site in development (close to completion) that I have hit a roadblock on. I am sure this is simple but I have not been able to get around it. I am using ZPT and folders to define pages (for dynamic navigation). Each page-defining folder contains a 'Content' folder with content objects that are rendered in macro-defined slots. I only have a couple index_html page templates that are used for the entire site. This is all working well. However, I am having trouble rendering dynamic content using this architecture. For instance, displaying the results of the Search function on the site needs to use my standard page template. Also, I have a couple ZClass objects defined that I am using on the site that I can list without a problem, but I need to be able to display the ZClass instance 'content' when a visitor clicks on its displayed title. It renders but I need guidance getting it to render in my ZPT 'content' slot. Could someone provide some guidance / hints or give me a link to a 'how to'? Thanks, Bill Etheredge The Mesa Group

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RE: [Zope] Zope Start Up
by Bill Etheredge 29 Aug '03

29 Aug '03

Thanks, George. We had success when we ran Zope start-up with PCGI disabled (-p -). Apparently the hosting provider does not allow CGI scripting without special dispensation (?). Bill -----Original Message----- From: george donnelly [mailto:list@zettai.net] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 5:26 PM To: Bill Etheredge; zope(a)zope.org Subject: Re: [Zope] Zope Start Up [Bill Etheredge wrote (betheredge(a)mesa-grp.com) on 8/25/03 3:41 PM] > Can anyone point us in the direction to fix this? do you have a lot of free RAM on that machine? btw its not recommended to run zope as pcgi. you'll do better with rewrite rules. <--> george donnelly ~ http://www.zettai.net/ ~ "Quality Zope Hosting" Shared and Dedicated Zope Hosting ~ Zope Servers ~ Zope Websites Yahoo, AIM: zettainet ~ MSN: zettainet(a)hotmail.com ~ ICQ: 51907738

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RE: [Zope] Can't build resource file for PCGI on Zope 2.7b1
by Tiller, Michael (M.M.) 29 Aug '03

29 Aug '03

> From: Jens Vagelpohl [mailto:jens@zope.com] > Subject: Re: [Zope] Can't build resource file for PCGI on Zope 2.7b1 > > > BUT, it still seems to me that it isn't as good a named > pipe (although > > I'd be glad to be proven wrong) because with a named pipe *you can > > control the permissions of the pipe* whereas anyone can > connect to the > > localhost port if they have an account on the machine. > > > > Am I missing something again? :-) > > > > I have never seen any situation in which I needed to exert > control over > the connection between the frontend web server and Zope beyond > "securing" access so no one from the outside can talk to it. I don't > quite get what the problem is. > > jens Hmm...I'm not sure how to interpret your response. There are two possibilities. Either you don't understand what I'm trying to do...or you don't understand why I'm doing it. Let me just clarify both. I would like to be able to restrict access to the Zope server to only those people who belong to a certain UNIX group on the server machine. Since authentication will be handled by the front end, we don't want to allow any "anonymous" connections to the Zope server. I know I can handle this with the Zope permissions, but I'd rather build the security into the hardware setup rather than have to worry about permissions on all the objects. So that is what I'm trying to do. Note, much of this is dictated by corporate security guidelines and I can't really argue with it because a) I'm powerless to and b) it is quite reasonable give the number of users of our corporate intranet. Why do I want to do it this way? Well, if I open a port on localhost then any user of the server can access that port. With the named pipe, I can control the permissions on the port. Hopefully that clarifies things. You may not agree the steps are necessary (and I have no say in the matter), but at least now I hope I have explained what steps I'm trying to take. :-) -- Mike

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ZPT help
by Albert Chin 29 Aug '03

29 Aug '03

I just set up Zope 2.6.1 and am trying to migrate a static web site to it. The site has some navigation links on the right and across the top. The links to the right are different depending on the page content. The links across the top are always the same. Basic tree structure is: www.foo.com/ www.foo.com/company-info/ www.foo.com/company-info/contact www.foo.com/company-info/history www.foo.com/products/ www.foo.com/products/product-1 www.foo.com/products/product-2 www.foo.com/products/product-3 www.foo.com/projects/project-1 www.foo.com/projects/project-2 www.foo.com/projects/project-3 The "contact" and "history" links appear to the right on the "company-info" page. The "product-1", "product-2", and "product-3" links appear to the right on the "products" page, etc. The "company-info", "products", and "projects" links would appear across the top. Is it possible to have one ZPT template which provides dynamic content based on the URL? -- albert chin (china(a)thewrittenword.com)

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RE: [Zope] Need Functionality of Zope Book
by Tiller, Michael (M.M.) 29 Aug '03

29 Aug '03

Has anybody ever gotten the CMF wrapper part to work? I tried for quite a while and just couldn't get it to function right. I looked up everything I could on the web about it but just couldn't get it going. It is really unfortunate. This was *EXACTLY* what I needed (and continue to need), but I'm just not expert enough in Zope/CMF (yet?) to be able to get this working. -- Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris McDonough [mailto:chrism@zope.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 10:23 AM > To: Brady Joslin; zope(a)zope.org > Subject: Re: [Zope] Need Functionality of Zope Book > > > Hi Brady, > > See http://backtalk.sourceforge.net. There is also a CMF wrapper in > the Collective (collective.sourceforge.net) > > - C > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brady Joslin" <bradywayne(a)yahoo.com> > To: <zope(a)zope.org> > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 9:31 AM > Subject: [Zope] Need Functionality of Zope Book > > > > Hey guys, > > > > This one is probably an easy question if you know the > > answer. I need the exact functionality of the Zope > > book. I need to dump large amounts of text from books > > into the CMS and allow comments after each paragraph, > > which looks to be the exact functionality of the code > > that runs the book. > > > > The perfect example is this page: > > > http://zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook/2_6Edition/AppendixB.stx > > > > Can anyone tell me how I can get that code? > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Brady > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org > > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > > (Related lists - > > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) > Version: 6.0.510 / Virus Database: 307 - Release Date: 8/14/2003 > > > _______________________________________________ > Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > (Related lists - > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) >

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