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A few quickie (newbieish) questions
by Joe Grace 11 Aug '99

11 Aug '99

Hi, I'm hoping I can get some quickie questions answered which have been nettling me (I'm using Zope 2b1). I'm getting some good stuff working, but it seems to be a few nagging, simple things which are tricky. Rather than just finding a (probably overly complex) way, I'm hoping someone(s :-) can set me back onto the Zope Zen path for idiomatic simplicity. (Other Zope idiomatic tips would be welcome as well.) Hmm, perhaps a Zope idiom document would be nice!-) 1. Custom dates with correct timezone?. I store a date using fmt="aCommon" in a folder property. Works great when I display it using fmt="aCommon" meaning that the time agrees with the time in my current time zone (PST). It also lists properly from the FolderName/Properties Zope management page. However, when I try to display it as fmt="%b/%d" or fmt="%x %X", the time (or day) is off by 7 hours ahead. Is there an easy way to get custom dates with automatic timezone accuracy (i.e., what am I missing?)? 2. Avoid duplicate pathing? How do I refer to the current folder properly (e.g., for a reload)? Perhaps I just need to reload? I tried FolderName by acquisition which "worked" except that it keeps appending a new FolderName to my address each time its used, e.g., ".../FolderName/" becomes ".../FolderName/FolderName/". What is the Zopish way to get the same behavior but without the duplicated FolderNames? 3. Correct (simplest, most robust?) server-side interconnect for Zope and Java (e.g., JPython)? Hmm, maybe this isn't a quickie, but help/pointers/options would be welcome nevertheless. Is there a standard way to get my java talking with Zope? Perhaps *CGI is the correct tool for this task (I'm new to web stuff)? Basically, I want to get my Zope and Java talking closely. Performance is not a key issue (but nice of course for scalability later on). Right now, I'd just like to get stuff working in some proper (hopefully standard) way with the option to optimize later on. One suggestion I've heard is XML-RPC which certainly is interesting but seems a little heavyweight perhaps since I'm willing to have python talk directly with JPython. (Wishful thinking alert!-) Is there some tricky way to get Java and Zope running in-process together? Short of that, are there some standard options for this sort of thing? Thanks in advance! BTW, I'm enjoying my Zoping. I added several features to my site on request yesterday which was nice turnaround for a newbie. Zope can be very satisfying to use! (Thanks DC!) Cheers, = Joe =

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Database choice
by Tom Deprez 11 Aug '99

11 Aug '99

Hi all, This is an off-topic question, but I wonder if somebody can help me decide. What database should you use? SyBase or PostGresSql? Both are free... Regards, Tom.

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RE: [Zope] Launch ZServer
by Alexander Staubo 11 Aug '99

11 Aug '99

Try something like: nohup start & -- Alexander Staubo http://www.mop.no/~alex/ "He won a first at Oxford, squandered three fortunes, made love to a thousand women, imbibed strange drugs, sold his soul for Rock 'n' Roll, almost pipped Einstein for the Nobel Prize, was barred from every Chinese noodle parlour in West London and died penniless, at a Hastings boarding-house in his ninetieth year." --Robert Rankin, _The Book of Ultimate Truths_ >-----Original Message----- >From: Kam Cheung [mailto:zope@littlecircle.com] >Sent: 11. august 1999 12:07 >To: Zope >Subject: [Zope] Launch ZServer > > >The doc indicates that by using the ./start, I can launch >ZServer in the >background. But in fact it put ZServer to the foreground, and >whenever I >close the terminal window, ZServer quits. > >Anyone can help? > > > >Kam > >_______________________________________________ >Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org >http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > >(To receive general Zope announcements, see: >http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > >For developer-specific issues, zope-dev(a)zope.org - >http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) >

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Re: [Zope] Validation tags
by Christopher Petrilli 11 Aug '99

11 Aug '99

> did every someone write validation tags? > > stuff like: > > <dtml-if name=email_address type=email> > or > <dtml-if name=phone_num type=us_phone> > > Basically I want to replace the stupid JS stuff. What is a phone number? :-) There are the following formats in use: +1 555 555 1212 (ISO standard) (555) 555-1212 555.555.1212 555-555-1212 And I'm sure dozens more :-) The problem with "validation" is that it's *very* application dependent. You might also want to validate that the area code matches the state, etc. Chris -- | Christopher Petrilli Python Powered Digital Creations, Inc. | petrilli(a)digicool.com http://www.digicool.com

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Re: [Zope] RE: [Zope-dev] Background
by Christopher Petrilli 11 Aug '99

11 Aug '99

> Thanks a lot !!!! Worked perfectly !! Just as a side reference, you might want to use: <BODY BACKGROUND=""> This will get you the absolute url, and then caching will actuallly work, otherwise you'll get the acquired URL. Chris >> > <BODY BACKGROUND=""> >> > >> > This line is correct ? It not work !! >> >>No.. :^) >> >>Coupla things... as someone seems to already have pointed out the var >>tag has the following syntax: >> >> >> >>which for file objects renders to (example): >> >><img src="http://localhost/Zope/dc_logo" alt="dc_logo"> >> >>whiiich, when substituted makes something invalid: >> >><body background="<img src="http://localhost/Zope/dc_logo" alt="Digital >>Creations Logo">"> >> >>Instead try: >> >><body backround="dc_logo"> >> >>--Rob > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > > (To receive general Zope announcements, see: > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > > For developer-specific issues, zope-dev(a)zope.org - > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) -- | Christopher Petrilli Python Powered Digital Creations, Inc. | petrilli(a)digicool.com http://www.digicool.com

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RE: [Zope] What's the default database connection status at Zope startup?
by Brian Lloyd 11 Aug '99

11 Aug '99

> I have different Z PyGreSQL database connection objects. > > What will be the default connection status when I'll start > Zope (at boot > process). > Should the connections be opened manually? > If yes, is there a "startup folder" like object? > Are they opened by Zope when a client access a Z SQL method > at the first > time? > The connections are opened just one for the Zope server or one per > client? > > I'm asking those questions because I intend to build an Intranet with > 20-30 users that will heavily use a PostgreSQL server. > I have searched the ZSQL documentation and didn't find any clue. Maybe > that kind of questions would find a better place in a FAQ. Database connection objects automatically connect when they are "woken up" from the object database (unless for some reason they cannot connect, like a bad connection string or something...). You don't need to worry about connecting them manually. Brian Lloyd brian(a)digicool.com Software Engineer 540.371.6909 Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com

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Re: [Zope] Substring
by Anderson Ami 11 Aug '99

11 Aug '99

Thanks a LOT !!! Hugs Anderson > > > How I get a substring ? > >if 'a' is some string, and you want the first three characters: > > >or > > > >This is the Python 'slicing operator'. You may want to look up the >Python tutorial at www.python.org; the expressions in the 'var' tags are >Python expressions (with unfortunately a lot of convoluted stuff due to >the _ namespace bits). > > > How i use a let tag ? > >Haven't worked with that one myself yet. :) > >Regards, and good luck, > >Martijn ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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RE: [Zope] ZSQL Question - required type
by Rob Page 11 Aug '99

11 Aug '99

> type seems to be ignored. Is this correct behavior? I don't think so but I'd need a little more info... > Is it normal to POST > form data to an intermediate DTML document or direct to the > query template? > I need to do some data validation along the way. There are many ways of approaching this. One is: F1: Form that collects info (some Javascript data validation) D1: Target of F1 with some DTML that also does data validation ZSQL1: SQL Method --Rob

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ZSQL Question - required type
by Harry Page 11 Aug '99

11 Aug '99

I have created a ZSQLMethod which does an insert into a table. All arguments have the "required" type. When I test the method this works fine. The problem comes when I call the method through a DTML document as the required type seems to be ignored. Is this correct behavior? Is it normal to POST form data to an intermediate DTML document or direct to the query template? I need to do some data validation along the way. Thanx Harry ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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Re: [Zope] Zope and Japanese (was [Zope] Confera FAQ?)
by ÀÌ°ü¼ö 11 Aug '99

11 Aug '99

As far as check, python's re and regex modules are not hostile to 8-bit. Their manuals say so(or am I misinterpreted English?) And regex.search works fine with Korean(=bit & 2byte) character string. When I saw Zope/lib/python/Products/ZCatalog/Catalog.py, it impoted regex. Not re. Hence I guess the obstacle lay in Zope/lib/python/SearchIndex/*.c files. But this is just guess & I am an C-illiterate. I wish somebody in DG with python-C-source literacy do find out what is going in ZCatalog. best wishes. Lee Kwan Soo. Brian Hooper wrote: > Hi Kwan Soo, > > Not yet, I actually have been busy working on a site and haven't been > able to do anything with ZCatalog yet. Does the indexing system seem > to be non 8-bit / double-byte friendly? > > --Brian > > Kwan Soo wrote: > > Have you succeeded to utilized ZCatalog with Japanese documents? > > > > LEE Kwan Soo

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