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Find/Replace?
by Mario Lang 22 Mar '00

22 Mar '00

Hi. I am wondering if I can do a search/replace in the ZODB for e.g. every DTML Document (just like search, but with a replace-with field)? Is there anything planned or under development? This would be rather useful to easily use Acquisition with content imported from HTML files. Someone could replace a menubar (which appears in all files the same) just with the <dtml-var ...> call and create a DTML method which holds this content. CYa, Mario <mlang(a)delysid.org>

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Parameter puzzle
by Mark Andrew 22 Mar '00

22 Mar '00

Hi Zopistas while trying to make gtk's (very useful) Boring Product (slightly more) interesting, I came across the following (for me) strange behaviour. manage_ methods seem to always have "REQUEST=None" as their last parameter. If I remove the "=None" from manage_edit then I notice no difference, so the actual parameter is presumably being passed. However if remove the complete formal parameter (and the reference to REQUEST in the body of the method) def manage_edit(self, title): """does this really need a doc string?""" self.title = title # if REQUEST is not None: # return MessageDialog( # title = 'Edited', # message = "Properties for %s changed." % self.id, # action = './manage_main', # ) then everything still works ! Why is python not complaining about a parameter mismatch ? I promise to publish a Howto on making Boring more Interesting when this madness is over. Thanks in advance Mark -- BOSCH Telecom - UC-PN/ECC1 - Kleyerstr. 94 - D-60326 Frankfurt a M fon:+49 69 7505-6346 mailto:mark.andrew@fr.bosch.de fax:+49 69 7505-6168 http://SoftTech.fr.bosch.de (Bosch Only)

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indexing and searching for a date
by Anders Holmbech Nielsen 22 Mar '00

22 Mar '00

Hi, As I found out - you can not index numbers and therefore not search for dates using the zCatalog. But I was wondering 'bout workarounds. I thougt maybe if I could change the bobo_modification_date to one of my own. That I could search for. But that seems like a pretty crappy workaround... Ideas.... anyone ??? Has anyone modified the Zope index method to also index numbers ?? Regards ------------------------------------------------- Anders Holmbech Nielsen | Tlf: (+45) 70 22 56 00 Software Engineer | Fax: (+45) 70 22 57 00 Integrator Uniware A/S | http:/www.integrator.dk

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Zope : Load_site features request
by Sin Hang Kin 22 Mar '00

22 Mar '00

Load_site is a greate product. I am using it to upload a brunch of files to zope now, I found I have an idea : In order to make the uploaded zope more alive, I would like the load_site to make everyfile in the original archive an folder in zope, with index.html representing the structure of the original html file. And all the contents goes to obj1, obj2, .... reside on the same folder. For example, Index_html : <dtml-var standard_header> <body><p><dtml-var object1></p><table><tr><td><dtml-var object2></tr></td></table> </body> <dtml-var standard_footer> This would make the resulting zope site more close to the zen of Zope. I am not very good in python but please give me some hints to made this modification. Will you make the change? Rgs, Kent Sin

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sequence-item naming
by Ken Kinder 22 Mar '00

22 Mar '00

I am trying to use a call like this: <dtml-in assignments> <dtml-call "foo(var=sequence-item)"> </dtml-in> But it gives me Name Error: sequence. Two questions: (1) Why are there -'s in variable names? (2) How do I get around that? -- Ken Kinder 303.381.7631

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Alternating Cols or Colors
by Ken Kinder 22 Mar '00

22 Mar '00

Does anyone know an elegant way (or a way at all) to alternate what color rows in a table are or to alternate which column a cell is on? A less-than-elegant solution would be to somehow assign a variable 1, check and see if it's on 1, show one color, set it to 2, show the second color, etc... But I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong with dtml-let to do that: <dtml-let c="1"></dtml-let> .. ? -- Ken Kinder 303.381.7631

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Sybase: How generate id keys? (surrogate keys)
by Hung Jung Lu 22 Mar '00

22 Mar '00

Hi, How do people generate id keys (surrogate primary keys) in Sybase+Zope? There are some recommended ways of doing it in Sybase with stored procedures but I can't run stored procedures in Sybase. I am looking at heavy-traffic strategies. So I need something slightly better than a simple increment table for the keys. Any recommendations? Thanks in advance. Hung Jung ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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Server Sizing
by Baker, Dennis (sjmr) 22 Mar '00

22 Mar '00

Ok, I finally did it. I got my boss to slip a nice little application server in the budget. So here I am trying to spec out a nice Zope server. What should my priorities be when building this beast, I think we'll be able to spend about $10 Grand on this beast. We will be running a secure site using Apache and OpenSSL, and we are targeting about 100 continuous concurrent users. I have already set SOME priorities, because uptime is a big issue so the server will have redundant power supplies and hardware RAID 5. Beyond that, what do you suggest. Is memory more important than processor speed? Is it important to go with a Multi-processor server or will Zope/ Linux take advantage of a multi processor setup? Dream a little server for me :)

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newbie CGI question
by jessica lee tishmack 22 Mar '00

22 Mar '00

I currently have a site that uses numerous perl cgi scripts....I have successfully managed to transfer all the static pages to Zope...however, what about CGI scripts? Does Zope support them? Can I use the Zserver with these scripts or should I use the other server (with Apache)? Also, from the Zope experts out there, I need your opinion. I am considering using Zope for my existing web site (it's fairly large) ...however, I would still like to continue to use perl/cgi, (have a lot of time invested in my already existing scripts), and not use much Python (no flames please...haha). I like the graphical capabilities of Zope, and the ability to assign roles to certain users...but I don't know if this is worth switching, especially if I am going to continue to use perl/cgi (if that's even possible)...any suggestions out there? Thanks in Advance, Jessica

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Re: [Zope] newbie CGI question
by Hung Jung Lu 21 Mar '00

21 Mar '00

jessica lee tishmack <jlt2970-(a)sci.tamucc.edu> wrote: >what about CGI scripts? Does Zope support them? Can I use the Zserver >with these scripts or should I use the other server (with Apache)? >... >if this is worth switching, especially if I am going to continue to use >perl/cgi (if that's even possible)...any suggestions out there? You will have to use Apache + mod_perl + mod_rewrite + Zope. This way, you send the CGI requests to the cgi-bin, and the rest requests to Zope. The details could be somewhat involved. :( (see the following quote in http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html `` Despite the tons of examples and docs, mod_rewrite is voodoo. Damned cool voodoo, but still voodoo. '' -- Brian Moore bem(a)news.cmc.net ) But it is definitely worth it. And I would guess many people out there actually use this configuration. I guess it is possible for someone to write some Zope product for Perl (a la mod_perl), but it would be major engineering to be fully compatible with Perl. If you don't mind re-launching the Perl interpreter every single time (I know, it's primitive), it's easy to execute the perl command from a Zope external method. For now, the best bet is probably Apache + mod_perl + mod_rewrite + Zope. Hung Jung ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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