Ross Boylan wrote:
If I have Zope running, using ZODB3 on Data.fs, can a separate process also use ZODB3 to access Data.fs? I have my suspicions, but I'm not sure.
I'm interested in this because I'm in the middle of a balloting period. People email me their ballots. I will need to check them for validity, send out confirmation or error messages, and eventually tally the results.
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I know Zeo is more in the multi-process space, but I don't want to use it for this project because I don't have time to learn it; it's alpha; and it seems like overkill for my problem.
Actually, AFAIK, ZEO is the only way to have multiple processes accessing a ZODb concurrently. There really isn't much to 'learning ZEO'. AMK has a good intro to using the ZODB, which has a ZEO section. I don't have the URL handy though ... wait, yes I do... http://starship.python.net/crew/amk/python/writing/zodb-zeo.html IMO, going the ZEO route would be easier than the xml-rpc route. YMMZ -- Do not meddle in the affairs of sysadmins, for they are easy to annoy, and have the root password.