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help desk/trouble ticket product?
by Clarence T. Pate 11 Nov '99

11 Nov '99

Hello all! Is anyone working on a product that resembles a trouble ticket tracking system for a help desk? I have a friend who needs something that is web based and tied to an SQL database. If someone has already started on something, I would love to see what they have. Clarence

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Question
by Arjan Scherpenisse 11 Nov '99

11 Nov '99

I want to have all my images in a subfolder. Then, in an <IMG> tag, it _should_ be possible to reference them by making this tag: <IMG SRC="Images.Logo"> assuming the Logo image is in the Images folder... but it doesnt work... some1 give me a clue... -- Arjan Scherpenisse, A.Scherpenisse(a)zap.a2000.nl ICQ# 27592135

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Locks?
by Benno Rice 10 Nov '99

10 Nov '99

I've got a situation where I'd like to be able to have a mutex lock. Unfortunately, I can't use Lock objects out of the thread module as they appear to be unpicklable. Does Zope have any mutex objects I can use? -- Benno Rice "No, no. We're *sweet* and XNFP Aries Dark Subculture- *innocent* evil bastards." friendly Internet Geek benno(a)netizen.com.au "Defend your joy"

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Zope and security.
by Otto Hammersmith 10 Nov '99

10 Nov '99

For a couple weeks now I've been wondering about Zope's security vulnerabilities. Recently I've gotten rather alarmed. While poking around the zGold site, I've come across some rather surprising things. In particular, access to the SQL database doesn't seem to be controlled at all... I was able to snag clear text passwords rather easily. (I hope no one is using an important password for that site... surprisingly only three users have 'password'. :) Presumably this is a server configuration issue, as Zope.org doesn't have the obvious hole that zGold does. So, my question is, does there exist a laundry list of common Zope misconfigurations? Does there need to be one (Zope.org tips)? The solution is rather obvious (settings on the security tab for the folder) but how do new users know to catch that kind of thing? -Otto.

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Re: [Zope] db type conversion question
by Thilo Mezger 10 Nov '99

10 Nov '99

Sam Gendler <sgendler(a)teknolojix.com> wrote: > Is there a way to get zope to automatically keep fields returned from a > SQL query as the correct type. Currently. my int fields are converted > to string, which I then wind up having to convert back to int for > comparisons, etc. I thought I saw some mention of a type dictionary in > the db connection string, but I couldn't find any examples. I could > have been mistaken, too. Someone please illuminate me. I am using > MySQL by the way. in fact, this is really something the DA (database adapter) should do. my zpostgresqlda-0.0.3 properly converts sql-int-fields to zope-integers. what mysql-da are you using? MySQLdb-0.1.0 has worked for me... thilo -- mezger(a)innominate.de innominate AG networking people fon: +49.30.308806-11 fax: -77 web: http://innominate.de pgp: /pgp/tm

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Another little question
by Arjan Scherpenisse 10 Nov '99

10 Nov '99

Does a variable exist which says in what level of folders i am in? This variable should return '0' when i am at the root, and for instance 5 when i am at /Company/Factsheet/Proposal/2000/January/ Or is there a method with which i can get this value? -- Arjan Scherpenisse, A.Scherpenisse(a)zap.a2000.nl ICQ# 27592135

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cookie question
by Sam Gendler 10 Nov '99

10 Nov '99

It isn't very clear, from the dtml documentation, just how to use the SetCookie function. I can see how to set a name value pair, but not how to set the other attributes of the cookie (expiry, secure, etc...). Someone out there must have figured it out, but nothing turns up when I search on Cookie on the members pages, either. --sam

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ANN: SiteSummary 1.2.1
by Edd Dumbill 10 Nov '99

10 Nov '99

Thanks to some great feedback from the Zope community, I'm pleased to announce Site Summary 1.2.1 http://www.zope.org/Members/edmundd/SiteSummary Site Summary allows you to create RSS 0.91 channel files suitable for my.netscape.com and others. You can also import RSS files from other sources (e.g. freshmeat.net) allowing you to present this content on your own site. Changes for this release: Version 1.2.1 * import now removes previous site entries * items now named more sensibly on import * added "Contents" tab which allows normal folderish operations. This means you can now add DTML methods into your object to customize it, among other things! * content-type set to "text/xml" * new method: "entries": returns a list of entry objects in the summary, means that implementations don't have to do completely different things to discover this dependent on the value of meta_index. * new method: "htmlPreview" - DTML method provides a default rendering, you can use this in your own sites * added example "exampleSiteSummary.zexp" which is already populated and includes a DTML method to provide a simple example rendering * "Add new" now no longer a tab, but a button on the "Entries" tab Version 1.2 * Fixed an important bug which meant that you were previously unable to set the image on a per-instance basis. -- Edd Dumbill ----/ voice: +44 702-093-6870 fax: +44 870-164-0230 /---- | Managing Editor, XML.com <http://xml.com> | Publishing Editor, XMLhack.com <http://xmlhack.com> : Director, Useful Information Company <http://usefulinc.com> : Internet Director, Pharmalicensing <http://pharmalicensing.com>

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Linux.com Banner Ad
by Michael Bernstein 10 Nov '99

10 Nov '99

Hi All! Well I'm really happy to announce that the Zope banner ad I created with the lists help is now being displayed on the Linux.com website! You can check it out here (it's the last one on the page): http://www.linux.com/banner_view.phtml If you want to read about how the banner came to be created, check out this page on the zope.org site: http://www.zope.org/Members/webmaven/banner-pr Cheers! Michael Bernstein.

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Re: Zope digest, Vol 1 #498 - 51 msgs
by J0N47H4N 5Y 10 Nov '99

10 Nov '99

----- Original Message ----- Message: 5 From: Patrick Phalen <zope(a)teleo.net> Organization: TeleoNet To: zope(a)zope.org Subject: Re: [Zope] Zope vs. ColdFusion for e-commerce development Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 12:32:48 -0800 You might want to take a look at: http://webdevelopersjournal.com/software/coldfusion_problems.html You know I had the same exact problems as the gentleman above, and it was nerve-wracking. We ran the servers on two Sun Solaris boxes each with 1 gig of RAM, and ColdFusion would crash so often it was not funny. He is not kidding that 6 or 7 coredumps a day was not bad. That is actually a *VERY* good day for Coldfusion. Don't even talk to me about support, they are a bunch of know-nothing,do-nothings. I ended up knowing more about CF than the tech support did by the time they came up with any answers, and I could only get answers from the Lead Engineer himself after my CEO got on the phone with their CEO and started threatening lawsuits. I still don't know why ColdFusion crashes and restarts so much, and the worst part is, *neither does Allaire*! BTW, ColdFusion was actually ported to Solaris FROM Windows NT, so it has to run a Windows Registry Emulator in order to work! Hah! [Ben Galbraith, on Tue, 09 Nov 1999]: :: :: Zope Folks, :: :: I'm with a new e-commerce startup and we're currently evaluating the development tools we'll be using to create our website. The platform will either be Sun hardware running Solaris 7/Apache, or Intel/Linux boxes. :: :: We initially evaluated four solutions: mod_perl, PHP (using Apache module support), ColdFusion, and Zope. We've eliminated mod_perl because of maintenance nightmares, PHP because, well, we just did, and now we're down to ColdFusion and Zope. Initially I favored Zope, but there are a few concerns I have about it. :: :: First off, the size of the ColdFusion development pool and it's development history suggest greater stability and a more mature feature set. Second, it seems that ColdFusion offers all the functionality that Zope does and then some. Third, ColdFusion seems to offer similiar performance. Fourth, the database connectivity seems to be equal to Zope's. Fifth, their tag-based programming language seems to offer equivalent functionality to Zope's. Sixth, I can find more ColdFusion developers than I can shake a stick at, but I have to explain to everyone I meet what Zope is. If you are not on Win NT, I strongly discourage using ColdFusion (at least version 4.0 and 4.01) for any site of appreciable size. I found tech. support to be hideous. The best bets are the Allaire Support Forums, since their are a lot of developers who will probably be having the same problems as you, however its hard to get real conclusive answers from Allaire themselves about bugs. I gotta admit that the CFML language is really easy to learn, however it doesn't have very good inheritance structure like Zope does, it uses an INCLUDE statement a la C which can get quite confusing once you start to create multiple levels of includes. :: So, as my lack of information leads me to believe, there are only two drawbacks to ColdFusion as compared to Zope: (1) I have to pay $3.5k for each license, and (2) Zope has a superior model for delegating ownership to different people for the website. Not worth the price. I wouldn't buy CF for Unix if it was $5 bux a pop. My company has payed through the nose due to problems with CF that greatly outweight the $3000 that we paid for it. If you want a good, stable application server for UNIX get Vignette StoryServer or Netscape Application Server. If you want a cheaper alternative, go for Zope or PHP. :: Could you correct any misconceptions I have and explain to me why I should choose Zope over ColdFusion? I want to select the tool by Wed. or Thurs., so a quick reply would be appreciated. :: :: Thanks! :: :: Ben ::

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