On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Christopher Petrilli wrote:
Okay, Zope looks *really*, *really* cool. The one thing I *really* wish I could do is to NFS mount or SMB mount the object database onto my file system.
Our approach is to use FTP to get into the Object Database, and this is supported today, so long as you're using ZServer for your server. Having said this, while I think that SMB and NFS are interesting ideas, both have their own SERIOUS problems that are difficult to overcome. If you wish to undertake this, you should look at what hoops have to be jumped through to get FTP working... sorta.
We'll see. Maybe I'll get hooked and just *have* to add an NFS server option to ZServer... :) Actually the idea to NFS mount an object database wasn't mine. If you're interested, see: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/shore/
If you're using Windows machines, you should investigate IE5+WebDAV (which is called Web Folders)... this might be of some help.
This is a good idea. I'll take a look at it.
Even so, I think I'm going to give Zope a whirl on a small project and see what happens. I like PHP but wish it had exceptions to help create more robust code. I think that Python is a better programming language, and the way Zope integrates it into the web environment is very intriguing.
Let us know how it goes at the end.
Will do. I'll probably start by porting a web-based presentation program I originally wrote in PHP to Zope. That should be an interesting comparison of the two systems' features. Best Regards, Dave