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Newbie Questions
by Thomas Guettler 13 Aug '01

13 Aug '01

Background: I want to build a multiple choice test framework. Everybody should be able to create a new account and them make tests. Some special people should be able to create new questions. Import and export of questions should be done using XML. I want to store the questions and the results of the testees in ZODB. How do I store data in it? The ZODB-Howto covers only the usage of ZODB without ZODB. How do I create a class "testee" and store it in ZODB? If I use a external method and a own database-file this would be no problem. But I think it is a performance problem if every request needs to open the external database again. -- Open Source Software Solutions Thomas Guettler <thomas(a)thomas-guettler.de> http://www.thomas-guettler.de

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FTP Problem
by Chris Withers 13 Aug '01

13 Aug '01

Hi, One of our servers has stooped letting people log in via ftp: Password Failed: Code - 421 421 User limit reached. Closing connection Restarting the server solved the problem, but what's going on here? cheers, Chris

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RE: [Zope] HTTP upload - filesize limit
by sean.upton＠uniontrib.com 13 Aug '01

13 Aug '01

If you are connecting through an HTTP proxy, there are sometimes limitations of the request size of a POST request. Are you trying this on a client machine on the same physical network as your Zope server, without any proxy (transparent or otherwise) standing in the way to broker the HTTP connection? Sean -----Original Message----- From: Gitte Wange [mailto:gitte@mmmanager.org] Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 4:29 AM To: zope(a)zope.org Subject: [Zope] HTTP upload - filesize limit Hello, I have created a product in Zope which is based on external files. The problem is that everything works okay if I upload a file with a filesize of 10 MB. But it fails if I upload a file with a filesize of 18 MB. When I worked with PHP there was a limit in the php.ini file where you set the maximum size of an uploaded file. Does the same work for python/Zope or is it something else that is wrong ? Regards, -- Gitte Wange Jensen Sys Admin, Developer and a lot more MMmanager.org Aps, Denmark Phone: +45 29 72 79 72 Email: gitte(a)mmmanager.org Web: www.mmmanager.org Quote of the day: ..Unix, MS-DOS, and Windows NT (also known as the Good, the Bad and the Ugly). - Matt Welsh _______________________________________________ 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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Southern Nevada Zope users?
by Michael R. Bernstein 13 Aug '01

13 Aug '01

I was wondering if I'm the only Zope user in Las Vegas. Any other Zope users/developers in Las Vegas, or elsewhere in Southern Nevada? Michael Bernstein.

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Re: mid function!
by Hamzat kamal 13 Aug '01

13 Aug '01

>Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 13:02:57 +0200 >To: zope(a)zope.org >From: Hamzat kamal <hamzatk(a)dnetsystems.net> >Subject: Re: mid function! >Cc: tim(a)freepm.com >In-Reply-To: <3B762D63.54F1652B(a)iswt.com> >References: <3.0.2.32.20010811190229.006b8dd4@dnetserver> > >At 02:16 AM 8/12/2001 -0500, you wrote: >>Hamzat kamal wrote: >>> >>> Dear tim, >>> >>> I checked through the DTML function i could not find this function. >>> I am writing a code where i will need to store the title of each dtml >>> document with <dtml-let > and extract certain number of xters from the >>> title and test it before calling a particular object. >>> >>> This function is widely used, but this is the way is been used in Vb >>> >>> mid(string, start [,length]) >>> string - denote the var name >>> start - " where you want to begin the extraction >>> length - " the no of xters you want extract from the string >>> >> >>You would use the Python string module for this. > >I am also completely new to Python, but when checking the zope doc (AppendixA.htm) i saw one DTML string function > find(s, sub[start [,end]]) > :- Returns the lowest index s where the substring sub is found such that sub is wholly contained in s[start:end]. > >I assumed this will serve my purpose but when i tried it, <dtml-var dname> <dtml-if expr="_.find(dname, sub[1,6])=='Sunday'"> today is sunday </dtml-if> this is the error i received when try to view it > > Error Type: AttributeError > Error Value: find > >pls help me out. > > >>____________________________________________________ >>Tim Cook, President - Free Practice Management, Inc. >>http://www.FreePM.com Office: (731) 884-4126 >>ONLINE DEMO: http://www.freepm.org:8080/FreePM >>

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by Pablo Ziliani 13 Aug '01

13 Aug '01

Hi again I have a brand new problem: I´ve created a new Zclass "NewsClass" that sublasses - ZObject - CatalogAwareBase (?) - ZFolder (?) - ZCatalogBase (?) - ZObjectManager where (?) means: I don´t know why I did this. Inside NewsClass I defined an other ZClass "SectionClass" which subclasses - ZObject - ZObjectManager - ZFolder (?) I will then define another class called "ArticleClass" that will probably have - ZObject - CatalogAwareBase 1) The problem is that when I´m on a NewsClass instance, I can´t get the select menu shows me the option "Add Sections". It does shows it if I move the factory to the same level of NewsClass but, of course, this makes "Sections" (almost) available from anywhere. 2) Having a newspaper as the obvious target, am I choosing the right base classes for it? Any ideas???

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RE: ZGDChart for Zope 2.4.0
by Frederic Quin 13 Aug '01

13 Aug '01

Hi Chris, it was a headaque to install this product. I've got the same problem... You have to recompile the gdchart.so file from the sources gdchart-py-0.6.tar.gz (you will find this archive on the web). But to compile the sources, you will have to change some stuffs in some includes... Anyway, contact me if you need more details. Regards, Frederic Quin

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RE: [Zope] HTTP upload - filesize limit
by sean.upton＠uniontrib.com 13 Aug '01

13 Aug '01

I've only worked with Squid; In squid, there is an option to limit the size of a post request as a response to avoiding Denial-of-Service attacks... What I would suggest is to find out if somewhere along the line there is a Proxy (like a transparent one on a firewall, for example), that is intercepting your request. One way to test this is to telnet to port 80 of your Zope/Apache box, and try typing a garbage HTTP (poorly formed) request and hit enter a few times; if there is a proxy, it would likely generate an error message at this point. If the error message is from Apache, you are likely not suffering a Proxy problem, but an Apache problem... If you get a plain-old disconnect, I'm not quite sure... Give it a try. Sean -----Original Message----- From: Gitte Wange [mailto:gitte@babytux.dk] Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 9:59 AM To: sean.upton(a)uniontrib.com Cc: zope(a)zope.org Subject: RE: [Zope] HTTP upload - filesize limit Hmm... you've got a point. Our server is located elsewhere sp no - it's not on the same network. We are using apache in front of Zserver and ProxyPass to redirect to the zope sites. Got a hint/solution? I'm stuck. Regards, Gitte Wange At 09:38 13-08-2001 -0700, you wrote: >If you are connecting through an HTTP proxy, there are sometimes limitations >of the request size of a POST request. Are you trying this on a client >machine on the same physical network as your Zope server, without any proxy >(transparent or otherwise) standing in the way to broker the HTTP >connection? > >Sean > >-----Original Message----- >From: Gitte Wange [mailto:gitte@mmmanager.org] >Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 4:29 AM >To: zope(a)zope.org >Subject: [Zope] HTTP upload - filesize limit > > >Hello, > >I have created a product in Zope which is based on external files. >The problem is that everything works okay if I upload a file with a filesize > >of 10 MB. >But it fails if I upload a file with a filesize of 18 MB. > >When I worked with PHP there was a limit in the php.ini file where you set >the maximum size of an uploaded file. > >Does the same work for python/Zope or is it something else that is wrong ? > >Regards, > >-- >Gitte Wange Jensen > >Sys Admin, Developer and a lot more >MMmanager.org Aps, Denmark > >Phone: +45 29 72 79 72 >Email: gitte(a)mmmanager.org >Web: www.mmmanager.org > >Quote of the day: >..Unix, MS-DOS, and Windows NT >(also known as the Good, the Bad and the Ugly). > > - Matt Welsh > >_______________________________________________ >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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Simple acquisition for creating pages.
by Peter Borocz 13 Aug '01

13 Aug '01

I've gotten up the learning curve enough to write some simple external methods but something really simple has me completely stumped. I'd like to provide a simple "who maintains this folder" at the bottom of every page. I THOUGHT that folder-level acquisition would allow me do this easily by including a dtml-var in my standard_html_footer that would pick up an optional dtml object entry from a respective folder further "down" the hierarchy. However, since my standard-html-footer is only at the root level, I never get a dtml-var included from a "lower" folder, only the one from the root. I've read through the Zope book multiple times and can't find a workaround while searching the mailing list archives is not easy! Here's the simplest that I'm looking for: Root: -Standard_html_footer (containing <dtml-var Maintainer>). -Maintainer (dtml document with a link to person JOE) Folder-A ---- some-dtml-doc (with a reference to <dtml-var standard_html_footer>) Folder-B ---- another-dtml-doc (with a reference to <dtml-var standard_html_footer>) ---- Maintainer (dtml document with person BOB) Results: Folder-A should display JOE for every page while Folder-B should display BOB at the bottom of every page. What am I doing wrong or not understanding? Is there a different mechanism I need to use in standard_html_footer for the <dtml-var maintainer> to TELL it to use something locally first? Is this a dtml-document vs. dtml-method thing?? Any help much appreciated.. Peter Borocz ------------------------------------------------- PLEASE READ THIS WARNING: All e-mail sent to or from this address will be received or otherwise recorded by the Fisher Investments corporate e-mail system and is subject to archival, monitoring or review by, and/or disclosure to, someone other than the recipient.

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Re: ZGDChart for Zope 2.4.0
by Jean Lagarde 13 Aug '01

13 Aug '01

I forget what error I got when I tried the same (I don't think it was the same as yours), but replacing the gdchart.pyd file with the Python 2.1 version available at http://athani.pair.com/msteed/software/gdchart/download.html seems to have done the trick for me. That site only has win32 binaries; you'll have to recompile if you're on another platform. Cheers, Jean

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