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- A little bit about what we're doing, and a request for ideas
by David Wagle 27 Jan '99

27 Jan '99

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello Zopesters! First, I'd like to offer a big THANK YOU to Amos for being the very best software support department I've ever encountered. Now, on to some more interesting stuff. Basically I'm developing a site to store procedures for our IT departments. Each department has it's own directory wherein there are three main folders: procedures, systems_data, and tasks_lists. Under each of these is a main page that allows department members to either add, modify or "check_out" a procedure/datapage/tasklist. Supervisors also get an option to delete. The basic flow that I'm currently working on is the process for adding new procedures/datapages/tasklists. Current flow is as follows: 1. the user "logs in" at a main page and navigates to the proper directory main page. There they select 'add' and are given a template page to be saved to their local system. They are then asked to fill in a form containing a bunch of "metadata" about the procedure. 2. This data is used to populate a database that correlates all this information, and makes it's later retrivial easier (actually, nearly trivial!) 3. The database is updated and a new directory is created with a unique path (generated using PrincipiaTime()+username.) 4. This path is then given to the user so that they can use the netscape 'publish' command to place the page, nad all accompanying graphics, files, whatever, onto the server. Now, my basic question is two-fold: first -- does this layout/process_chain look sane to everyone? second -- how would you improve it if you were me? I would LIKE to allow for the elimination of step 4, and simply have the user supply the path name at step 1. The database query could then be run and the page uploaded "automagically." IF the users are not including any additional files, graphics or other objects in the page, this is easy (thanks to Amos for showing the way!). The problem is that if the user DOES include extra stuff, it won't get uploaded. I've thought about it a tad and I've really got no clue on if this is possible, or worthwhile. I know from a user standpoint it would be -- indeed, it is actually part of the "user requirements" that i was given. I'm thinking that one possible solution is to write a pythonscript or javascript object that is sent to the user, and which would then parse the page to be uploaded, and include the necessary files. But I don't know if that is legitimately feasable, or how difficult it would be to correctly implement. I'm also not particularly open to the idea of moving to ZServer and using FTP -- while it might make some aspects of this easier, this is going to be a necessary system for a production environment, and using Alpha software (even really darn nice alpha software) will not enhance my job security :) So, any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Oh - and for testimonials -- how about "Because of Zope's increadible easy development model and low learning curve, our project development is 200% ahead of schedual. If we were using any other tool set currently available for our environment, there is no way we would be as close to role-out as we are!" - --dave - ------------------------------------------------- A computer system without Microsoft products is like a dog without bricks chained to its head. - ------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBNq8cKNtGhckXZmDjEQJ0qwCgtMKP+2o+PBtuJUREv67D2WImzVgAoPK9 pYiPfgAL6L4KGX9vlIYagSbq =b2MI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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- Problem with iteration
by chalaouxf＠synbio.tpgnet.net 27 Jan '99

27 Jan '99

<bold><color><param>0100,0100,0100</param>I'm trying to iterate over a token ('test2 'proprity defined in my folder) where 'test2' = [1,2,3], sequence-items are integers. I would like print the sequence-item if it is egal to 1. But ... :(, FR DTML file ======= < < < < < < < Error ==== <<HTML><<HEAD><<TITLE>Zope<</TITLE><</HEAD><<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <<TABLE BORDER="0" WIDTH="100%"> <<TR> <<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="CENTER"> <<!<< <</TD> <<TD WIDTH="90%">< <System Unavailable< <This site is currently experiencing technical difficulties. Please contact the site administrator for more information. For additional technical information, please refer to the HTML source for this page. Thank you for your patience.< <</TD> <</TR> <</TABLE> < <</BODY><</HTML> < François-Régis Chalaoux Bioinformatics Group Synthélabo Biomoléculaire 67080 Strasbourg Cedex FRANCE Tél : 03 88 60 87 14 Fax : 03 88 45 90 70

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Re: [Zope] - generating links from a database
by Kiss, Arpad 27 Jan '99

27 Jan '99

<000001be49be$216edc80$fe01a8c-@spot> wrote: Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/list/zope/?start=1528 > I'm building a site that is very much database driven. I'm trying to > generate a list of items on one page with each item having a hyperlink to > another page that will show detailed information for that item. I can create > the pages, but I can't quite figure out how to pass the key value from the > hyperlink to the query for the summary page. > > This is the code I'm using to create the list of hyperlinked items in the > "list of items" page: > >  > <a href="EventSummary?EventID="> > </a> >  > > This works well. > > What I'm not successful at is passing the EventID to the second query. I've > found I can hard code it as such: > >  >  >  > > But I can figure out how to pass the EventID dynamically. > > Any guidance would be appreciated. > > Jeff > jeffniel(a)ix.netcom.com > > > Hi, I have an app with a similar functionality. Your second SQlMethod should have a parameter(say par_EventID) and in this case your hyperlinks generator code looks like this:  <a href="EventSummary?par_EventID="> </a>  And your summary page:    Cheers, Arpad ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ Kiss Árpád akiss(a)geometria.hu ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤

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- generating links from a database
by Jeff Nielsen 27 Jan '99

27 Jan '99

I'm building a site that is very much database driven. I'm trying to generate a list of items on one page with each item having a hyperlink to another page that will show detailed information for that item. I can create the pages, but I can't quite figure out how to pass the key value from the hyperlink to the query for the summary page. This is the code I'm using to create the list of hyperlinked items in the "list of items" page:  <a href="EventSummary?EventID="> </a>  This works well. What I'm not successful at is passing the EventID to the second query. I've found I can hard code it as such:    But I can figure out how to pass the EventID dynamically. Any guidance would be appreciated. Jeff jeffniel(a)ix.netcom.com

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- Crass Commerical :-)
by Hadar Pedhazur 27 Jan '99

27 Jan '99

I just added the Zope site to http://www.planetclick.com. If you visit that site, you'll get to rate http://www.zope.org. Clearly, I can't control what you rate the site. Of course, if you have no intention of rating it a 10, then perhaps there's no need to wander over there :-). OK, just kidding (sort of :-).

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- Do I have to explicitely pass REQUEST to external function?
by Brad Clements 27 Jan '99

27 Jan '99

I have an external python function, who's header starts like this: def Toggle(self, var='a', optvar=None,trueval=None, falseval=None, REQUEST=None,RESPONSE=None): "Toggle Test based on cookies and URL" (kindly ignore line wrapping) I call it from dhtml, like this:  (again, no wrapping) If I don't use REQUEST=REQUEST,RESPONSE=RESPONSE I get read-only buffer, class exception. Is this the way it's expected to function? I can also call this function as  Same deal, must have REQUEST. Is there any way I can avoid explicitely passing REQUEST and RESPONSE? Brad Clements, bkc(a)murkworks.com (315)268-1000 http://www.murkworks.com (315)268-9812 Fax netmeeting: ils://ils.murkworks.com ICQ: 14856937 We must come down from our heights, and leave our straight paths, for the byways and low places of life, if we would learn truths by strong contrasts; and in hovels, in forecastles, and among our own outcasts in foreign lands, see what has been wrought upon our fellow-creatures by accident, hardship, or vice. - Richard Henry Dana, Jr. 1836

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RE: [Zope] - ODBC troubles
by Paul Everitt 27 Jan '99

27 Jan '99

Michael wrote: > The contributed files on the Zope site are all named *_tar.gz , so > Winzip doesn't understand that it is a .tar inside of a .gz Slightly incorrect...WinZip can't handle a filename with more than one "." in it, so it mangles all but the last one. All you have to do is replace, in the prompt, the "_tar" with ".tar" and it continues on just fine. --Paul Paul Everitt Digital Creations paul(a)digicool.com 540.371.6909

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- Secure Server
by Robert OConnor 27 Jan '99

27 Jan '99

How does ZOPE integrate with a "SSL" secure server such as Red Hat Secure Web Server 2.0 http://www.redhat.com/product.phtml/WB2000 I have some understanding of the security offered on the server but what about security between the browser and the server? Can (and How) can SSL be integrated into the ZOPE login. The security hole that I see is entering ID and password at some remote site and after I leave, someone could reuse my ID and password for access because it's not encrypted between the browser and zope server. I understand that SSL servers are slowed down but only ID/Passwords need be SSL and after that, during the session, SSL security doesn't have to be used. I may not have a full understanding of this. Please enlighten me! -bobo connor

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- Netscrape composer publishing to Zope
by Sean McGerty 27 Jan '99

27 Jan '99

Hmm... 3 times in a row I've tried using composer to publish into my zope server - each time the server has locked up completely after receiving the last image on the new page. I'm using the zope standalone server under win95 osr2 and netscape communicator 4.5 on the same machine. Apart from being nervous about having to manual kill the zope server I'm left wondering how I'll manage if I'm publibshing to a remote site. Does anyone else have problems publishing in this way? Sean. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Sean McGerty aka DrBob -ComputerShare Systems TW:Base:Web developer_ /\ ___ w+061-82345322 m0412-336990 http://www.computershare.com.au / \ <*,-> mailto:Sean.McGerty@computershare.com.au Sydney Australia \_- _@ [`-'] "If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you." v -"-"-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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Re: [Zope] - Netscrape composer publishing to Zope
by Amos Latteier 26 Jan '99

26 Jan '99

At 10:28 AM 1/27/99 +1000, Sean McGerty wrote: >Hmm... > >3 times in a row I've tried using composer to publish into my zope server - >each time the server has locked up completely after receiving the last image >on the new page. I'm using the zope standalone server under win95 osr2 and >netscape communicator 4.5 on the same machine. This is a known problem with ZopeHTTPServer. It is documented in the CHANGES.txt file, and is also locatable with the Zope bugs and features collector: http://www.zope.org/Collector Basically, rather than expend more energy to fix it, we decided to focus instead on the new stand-alone server architecture, ZServer. This doesn't mean we won't accept ZopeHTTPServer patches from people, it's just that we have chosen to focus our energies elsewhere right now. In fact, I believe that the current ZServer alpha works with PUT, though I have not tried it myself yet. >Apart from being nervous about having to manual kill the zope server I'm >left wondering how I'll manage if I'm publibshing to a remote site. Basically if you want to use PUT right now, you should use PCGI, or the version of Zope that runs as a service on win32. Of course, you can always use through the web editing. Soon, when ZServer is rolled into the main release, PUT will work with the stand-alone server, and you'll get FTP access to boot! -Amos

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