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- Call for Testimonials
by Amos Latteier 26 Jan '99

26 Jan '99

Hello Zope Enthusiasts, We would like to tell the world how great Zope it. We know that Zope has many technical merits, but an important part of that message is how Zope has been useful for people. To document this, we're collecting 'testimonials' and 'case studies'. We would love to hear from people who would be willing to talk about how they have used Zope. For 'testimonials' we are just looking for a positive quote about how you use/like Zope, with perhaps so technical details about what specific problems your organization solves with Zope. For 'case studies' we would like to work with you to detail your problem and how Zope helped provide you with a solution. It would be great to include URLs with testimonials, and especially case studies. Our plan is to include testimonials and case studies on the Zope site. Please let us know if you have anything to contribute. Thanks very much. -Amos P.S. If you've already given us a quote for the digicool site, I'll be contacting you shortly to get your permission to move it to the Zope site. -- Amos Latteier mailto:amos@digicool.com Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com

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- ZServer and RedHat
by Michel Pelletier 26 Jan '99

26 Jan '99

Amos, I spent a good bit of this morning playing with ZServer on my RedHat 5.2 machine. The good news is it's working and it's fast, but there are some trickies that should be noted. I edited the start.py file to use the python that came with RH. That didn't work because the default Python for RH stupidly doesn't have threads enabled. So... I edited the start.py again to use the Python that comes with the linux binary distribution of Zope, and that bombs because we don't ship the FCNTL module with our Python, which medusa uses (in medusa/asyncore.py). So... I d/led, compiled and installed my own Python (1.5.1 and overwriting the RH one). For those of you out there who want to do this but aren't down on compiling things, I used this sequence: ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-threads make make install (<- probably have to be root) ...and then re-edited the start.py file to go back to the (new) system python. Everything started up fine, but when I tried to hit the HTTP server I got an 'unhandled exception in thread' error, cPickle choked on reading the Zope database file. Brian said this is because I installed ZServer *over* an existing Zope, and that the python that comes with Zope uses a different cPickle format. The solution is either to recompile my new Python (again) with the different cPickle format enabled, or to delete my database files and let Zope make new ones, using the new format. I chose the latter. Moving 'var/Data.bbb*' into an old directory, firing up ZServer/start, and it worked! Now I'm going to play with FTP. :) Michel

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RE: [Zope] - Problem with multiple inputs
by Paul Everitt 26 Jan '99

26 Jan '99

Skip wrote: > This worked like a charm. Are the :list, :int, etc > doohickeys documented > somewhere? I've seen them mentioned on the list and use > :int, but my scan > through the online docs didn't reveal anything useful. I > suspect I just > don't know where to look. No they aren't, except in the old Bobo docs. This is really unfortunate as it is a key part of the story. However, I don't really know where they should go -- it isn't part of DTML and the Zope Manager's Guide isn't really the right place. My suggestion: submit a documentation request to the Collector, which assures that we won't forget about it. --Paul

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- Re: RE: [Zope] - ODBC troubles
by Kiss, Arpad 26 Jan '99

26 Jan '99

<613145f79272d211914b0020aff6401907b9b-@gandalf> wrote: Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/list/zope/?start=1435 > > Jeff wrote: > > I'm rather new to Zope and am having trouble getting ODBC > > connectivity to > > work. I've downloaded the file > > "ZODBCDA-3.0.3-win32-x86-python-1.5.1.tar.gz" > > from the web site, uncompressed it into a file named > > "sql.pyd" and placed > > that file in the root of my Zope installation direction. When > > I try to add a > > database connection, I don't see a choice of "Aqueduct ODBC Database > > Connection" or anything similar. > > > > I'm not sure that I'm uncompressing the file correctly. I'm > > using WinZip and > > it prompts me for the name of the file to uncompress. > > Hi Jeff. Yes, you analyzed to problem correctly. After uncompressing > it, you should have a directory lib/python/Prodcuts/ZODBCDA (I think) in > your Zope directory. It should contain several files. > > Restarting Zope makes it visible in the add list. > > --Paul > > In this case WinZip doesn't realize there is a tar file in the gz file. So type 'tar' suffix at the end of the file name when WinZip ask you for a file name. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ Kiss Árpád akiss(a)geometria.hu ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤

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RE: [Zope] - Problem with multiple inputs
by skip＠calendar.com 26 Jan '99

26 Jan '99

>> This fails if the user selected just a single keyword, since the >> keywords parameter is a string. Is there some clean way to work >> around this problem? Paul> According to Jeffrey, you can add :list to your form variable name: Paul> name="keywords:list" This worked like a charm. Are the :list, :int, etc doohickeys documented somewhere? I've seen them mentioned on the list and use :int, but my scan through the online docs didn't reveal anything useful. I suspect I just don't know where to look. Thx, Skip

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- Newbie can't "manage"
by rwolff＠noao.edu 26 Jan '99

26 Jan '99

I want to use zope with MySQL. I can't get .../cgi-bin/Zope.cgi/manage to work ... the 'Temporarily Unavailable' message results with everything I've tried: From the var/pcgi.log the following (consistent) error message: Tue Jan 26 11:30:30 1999 pcgi-wrapper: Interrupted system call (102) failure during connect python in /usr/local/bin: Python 1.5.2b1 (#1, Dec 28 1998, 15:45:55) [GCC 2.8.1] on sunos5 Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam Zope-1.9.0 untarred. Ran python w_pcgi.py without error. MySQL is installed and running. MySQL adapter compiled and the .so file moved to the Products/ZMySQLDA directory. Copied Zope.cgi to the apache share/cgi-bin directory. Apache runs as 'nobody' and the var directory has group ownership 'zope' that includes 'nobody'. (and pcgi.log file was created/written to), so I think permissions are ok. The /var/tmp directory contains no pcgi.hhmmss files. Do I have to do something besides run the w_pcgi script, such as a 'make install'? Do I have to do something to tell the system to use/make the connection to MySQL server (the database there is the initial installation...I've inserted no data/tables of my own). Or is it something else stupid that I've overlooked. If it's RTFM, a pointer to the appropriate M paragraph would be helpful. Thanks, Richard Wolff

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- Forcing re-authentication
by Pieter J. Kersten 26 Jan '99

26 Jan '99

I'm having some problems in my ZPublisher application concerning authentication. In short it compiles to the following: - When a user connects to the application, an authentication is forced and the user logs in. - After a while, if the user wants to re-authenticate (in order to use a different userid), he/she has to close the browser in order to get a new login window. This is considered painfull. Is there a way to force re-authentication without leaving the browser (Mozilla)? Thx in advance. -- Pieter J. Kersten; Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, dept. DI&A/S&N, WH2-20, B. Oudlaan 50, 3062 PA Rotterdam, Netherlands; Voice: +31-10-4082599; Fax: +31-10-4527236

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- ZPyGreSQLDA errors when returning no rows
by Ross J. Reedstrom 26 Jan '99

26 Jan '99

As the subject says, the ZPyGreSQLDA DA throws an error when the SQL query returns no rows. Is this to be expected? Do I need to write seperate DTML methods that handle that case? I was hoping to just get no objects returned, so my #in tags would execute their #else clauses. Ross -- Ross J. Reedstrom, Ph.D., <reedstrm(a)rice.edu> NSBRI Research Scientist/Programmer Computer and Information Technology Institute Rice University, 6100 S. Main St., Houston, TX 77005

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RE: [Zope] - Can I send email when a DTML traceback would be prin ted?
by Paul Everitt 26 Jan '99

26 Jan '99

Skip wrote: > I noticed that DTML now has a sendmail tag. ZServer will > bury or display > tracebacks based upon the setting of the BOBO_DEBUG_MODE environment > variable. Is there to have the best of both worlds and get > the traceback > mailed back to me, perhaps by the DTML processor instead of ZServer? > BOBO_DEBUG_MODE=skip(a)mojam.com would be a nice way to > introduce such an > option (hint, hint). Try customizing the standard_error_message Document in the top folder (or add a customized one in a lower folder for testing). --Paul Paul Everitt Digital Creations paul(a)digicool.com 540.371.6909

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- Can I send email when a DTML traceback would be printed?
by skip＠calendar.com 26 Jan '99

26 Jan '99

I noticed that DTML now has a sendmail tag. ZServer will bury or display tracebacks based upon the setting of the BOBO_DEBUG_MODE environment variable. Is there to have the best of both worlds and get the traceback mailed back to me, perhaps by the DTML processor instead of ZServer? BOBO_DEBUG_MODE=skip(a)mojam.com would be a nice way to introduce such an option (hint, hint). Thanks, Skip Montanaro | Mojam: "Uniting the World of Music" http://www.mojam.com/ skip(a)mojam.com | Musi-Cal: http://www.musi-cal.com/ 518-372-5583

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