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Re: [Zope] DCOracle and chars over 128
by Dieter Maurer 24 Feb '01

24 Feb '01

Shai Berger writes: > In some circumstances (we suspect the LANG setting > at the time of build) it chops 128 (the most significant bit) off > characters inserted into the database as strings. We have had similar problems. However, it had nothing to do with DCOracle but with the Oracle client library configuration. You can tell it about the character set the client should use. Dieter

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Help eMail this page to a friend
by Loren Stafford 24 Feb '01

24 Feb '01

I'm trying to make a global method to implement the "eMail this page to a friend" function I've seen on many sites. (Surely someone has already done this for Zope, but I don't see How-To or email on the subject.) What I have so far is this: <dtml-with "PARENTS[-1]"><dtml-sendmail mailhost=MailHost> To: <dtml-var eMailThisPageTo>@morphics.com Reply-to: <dtml-var "AUTHENTICATED_USER.getUserName()">@morphics.com From: webserver Subject: <dtml-var URL1> <dtml-mime type="text/html" encode="7bit"> <dtml-var "REQUEST.resolve_url(URL1)"> </dtml-mime> </dtml-sendmail></dtml-with "PARENTS[-1]"> But it just emails the text of the method that called it. E.g. <dtml-var standard_html_header> <h2><dtml-var title_or_id></h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://helpdesk/">"Perfect Tracker" Help Desk</a> </ul> <dtml-var titlelist> <ul> <li><a href="http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp?fr=0&SD=GN&LN=EN-US" >Microsoft Technical Support</a>. </ul> <dtml-var standard_html_footer> How do I make it render (i.e. process the DTML in) the method that called it? -- Thanks -- Loren

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Re: [Zope] ZODB parent
by Dieter Maurer 24 Feb '01

24 Feb '01

Randall F. Kern writes: > Is it possible to get the container (ObjectManager) an Item is in? > > aq_parent won't work for me, I need the actual container. > > Obviously I could store the path to the OM in the items manage_afterAdd > (although catching changes to the OM might be hard), but I was hoping > for a cleaner solution. > -Randy Recently, someone has proposed to use the DOM interface for this purpose: something like "getParentNode". Dieter

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Accessing MS Access through Zope
by complaw＠hal-pc.org 23 Feb '01

23 Feb '01

I have an Access database that I want to "access" and submit SQL statements (and display the results via Zope). Has anyone done that successfully? If so, can you give me afew hints? The Access database does not reside on the same box as Zope. My Linux box (with Zope) sits on a Novell network that talks to the NT servers. Thanks in advance, Ron

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Zope book now in public CVS
by Michel Pelletier 23 Feb '01

23 Feb '01

Greetings! The Zope book is now available in raw (structured text) format in a sourceforge CVS repository. We are also using SF's bug tracking and other tools to allow you better report problems to us than just email. If you'd like to check the book out of CVS, follow the instructions on this page under 'Anonymous CVS Access': http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=21038 What does this do for you? Well, first off, if you see problems in the book and you'd like to fix them, you can submit a patch to us instead of an email "describing" your suggested fix in prose. This is much more accurate for us to see the problem you point out. Tracking patches also gives us a nice mechanism for making sure we give patch-submitters honorable mention in the book! Also, some people may want to distribute the book (in accordance with the OPL license, or course) in some format we don't support yet, like LaTeX or Word (yes, PDF is coming, we're working on it!). With "the source" you are free to go about converting the content into whatever format you'd like. Lastly, although we try to keep the site as in-sync as possible with the CVS, the latest and greatest bug changes to the book may be found in CVS, where the web-site may lag a few days behind. So check it out, and enjoy. -Michel

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ZUBB automatic mailing
by Ulrich Wisser 23 Feb '01

23 Feb '01

Hello, we use the ZUBB forum in one of our internal sites. Now I would like to send an A-Mail to our staff whenever a new message is added. Did anybody do this before? Any hints how to start? Thanks 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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[Ann] DocFinder 0.3: ask Zope about its documentation
by Dieter Maurer 23 Feb '01

23 Feb '01

DocFinder is a small Zope product that presents documentation about Zope objects. The new version 0.3 supports 3 types of documentation: for product programmers, for script/DTML programmers and for through the Web users. More information and download: URL:http://www.dieter.handshake.de/pyprojects/zope/DocFinder.html Dieter

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Newbie can't get ZB Ch3 example to work
by Linda Timberlake 23 Feb '01

23 Feb '01

Hi, I'm new to Zope and am working through the Zope book examples. I'm stuck on the compound interest rates example, found in Chapter 3 under the "Using Scripts" section. I can't get the python script in that example to work, using Zope 2.3.0. I copied the entire example into Zope and tried to exercise it by going to the "View" tab on the interestRateForm DTML method. I typed in valid integers for the 4 parameters and pressed the "Calculate" button. I got: ErrorType: TypeError Error Value: not enough arguments; expected 4, got 0 So, to simplify, I went directly to the Python script "calculateCompoundingInterest" , added string.atoi lines to avoid "can't multiply sequence with non-int" type errors on input, and tried to run the script directly via the "Test" tab. Now I get: Error Type: TypeError Error Value: not enough arguments; expected 4, got 3 Here's my python script (I do have the 4 parameters separated by commas in the script's "Parameter list" area): """ Calculate compounding interest. Accepts four parameters, "principal", "interest rate", "periods" and "years". """ # I added the next 5 lines so could test this script directly via Test tab. import string principal=string.atoi(principal) interest_rate=string.atoi(interest_rate) years=string.atoi(years) periods=string.atoi(periods) i = periods * interest_rate i = i + 1 n= periods * years return pow((1+i), n) * principal Thanks for any help. -Linda

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SECURITY alert and hotfix release...
by Brian Lloyd 23 Feb '01

23 Feb '01

Hello All, Casey Duncan uncovered a potential security issue today that necessitated a hotfix release. This hotfix addresses an important security issue that affects Zope versions up to and including Zope 2.3.1 b1. The issue is related to ZClasses in that a user with through-the-web scripting capabilities on a Zope site can view and assign class attributes to ZClasses, possibly allowing them to make inappropriate changes to ZClass instances. This patch also fixes problems in the ObjectManager, PropertyManager, and PropertySheet classes related to mutability of method return values which could be perceived as a security problem. We *highly* recommend that any Zope site running versions of Zope up to and including 2.3.1 b1 have this hotfix product installed to mitigate these issues if the site is accessible by untrusted users who have through-the-web scripting privileges. - http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/Hotfix_2001-02-23/README.txt - http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/Hotfix_2001-02-23/Hotfix_2001-02-23.tgz Brian Lloyd brian(a)digicool.com Software Engineer 540.371.6909 Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com

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Timing under Zope
by Shahzad Saleem 23 Feb '01

23 Feb '01

Hi, Just wondered if anyone could help me solving a problem using Zope: I have a html <form> code within a DTML Document, is there anyone to send the data to my method after a defined time rather than when the user presses the submit button??? I would be grateful for any help and ideas, SS

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