Hi everyone, I would *really* appreciate some advice about a problem with a ZClass I created. This product is a Job Board that our H.R. department can use to post openings and the public can view. I began by looking at the very nice "Build a Searchable Job Board" How-To at http://www.zope.org/Members/mukhsein/job_board_howto and combined that with the ZClass approach put forward in the Beehive ZClass documentation. The problem lies in adding an instance of the job board ZClass at which point Zope reports an "Invalid Date-Time String". At the risk of providing too much information, I'm going to include some of the relevant methods and the traceback. I would love it if someone could spot my error. (Why do I have this feeling that it's something really simple and that I'm an even larger moron than my friends and acquaintances assume me to be? :-) Here the traceback: <!-- Traceback (innermost last): File /var/lib/zope/2.2.2/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 222, in publish_module File /var/lib/zope/2.2.2/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 187, in publish File /var/lib/zope/2.2.2/lib/python/Zope/__init__.py, line 221, in zpublisher_exception_hook (Object: Traversable) File /var/lib/zope/2.2.2/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 171, in publish File /var/lib/zope/2.2.2/lib/python/ZPublisher/mapply.py, line 160, in mapply (Object: entry_addProcessor) File /var/lib/zope/2.2.2/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 112, in call_object (Object: entry_addProcessor) File /var/lib/zope/2.2.2/lib/python/OFS/DTMLMethod.py, line 172, in __call__ (Object: entry_addProcessor) File /var/lib/zope/2.2.2/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_String.py, line 528, in __call__ (Object: entry_addProcessor) File /var/lib/zope/2.2.2/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_With.py, line 146, in render (Object: manage_addProduct['JobBoard']) File /var/lib/zope/2.2.2/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_Util.py, line 337, in eval (Object: job_board_entry_add(_.None,_, NoRedir=1)) (Info: _) File <string>, line 0, in ? File /var/lib/zope/2.2.2/lib/python/OFS/DTMLMethod.py, line 168, in __call__ (Object: job_board_entry_add) File /var/lib/zope/2.2.2/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_String.py, line 528, in __call__ (Object: job_board_entry_add) File /var/lib/zope/2.2.2/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_With.py, line 146, in render (Object: job_board_entry.createInObjectManager(REQUEST['jobID'], REQUEST)) File /var/lib/zope/2.2.2/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_Util.py, line 337, in eval (Object: propertysheets.entry_info.manage_editProperties(REQUEST)) (Info: REQUEST) File <string>, line 0, in ? File /var/lib/zope/2.2.2/lib/python/OFS/PropertySheets.py, line 459, in manage_editProperties (Object: Traversable) File /var/lib/zope/2.2.2/lib/python/OFS/PropertySheets.py, line 286, in _updateProperty (Object: Traversable) File /var/lib/zope/2.2.2/lib/python/ZPublisher/Converters.py, line 173, in field2date File /var/lib/zope/2.2.2/lib/python/DateTime/DateTime.py, line 698, in __init__ Invalid Date-Time String: (see above) --> Here's the job_board_entry_add method that lives in Control_Panel/Products/JobBoard/: <HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>Add job_board_entry</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" LINK="#000099" VLINK="#555555"> <dtml-with "job_board_entry.createInObjectManager(REQUEST['jobID'], REQUEST)"> <dtml-call "propertysheets.entry_info.manage_editProperties(REQUEST)"> </dtml-with> <dtml-if NoRedir> <dtml-else> <dtml-if DestinationURL> <dtml-call "RESPONSE.redirect(DestinationURL+'/manage_workspace')"> <dtml-else> <dtml-call "RESPONSE.redirect(URL2+'/manage_workspace')"> </dtml-if> </dtml-if> </body></html> Here's the "Add a Job Posting" form that the H.R. people use: <dtml-var standard_html_header> <h2>Add a Job Board Entry</h2> <p>This form will create a new job posting for the online job board. You don't needed to fill in every field on the form. Click on the "Add Entry" button at the bottom of the screen to add the posting to the database.</p> <form action="entry_addProcessor"> <table border="0"> <tr><th>Job ID</th> <td><input type="text" name="new_jobID" size="20"></td> </tr> <tr><th>Organization</th> <td><input type="text" name="new_organization" size="60"></td> </tr> <tr><th>Position</th> <td><input type="text" name="new_position" size="60"></td> </tr> <tr><th>Description</th> <td><textarea name="new_description:text" rows="10" cols="60" wrap="virtual"></textarea></td> </tr> <tr><th>Pay Offered</th> <td><input type="text" name="new_pay" size="60"></td> </tr> <tr><th>Line of Authority</th> <td><input type="text" name="new_loa" size="60"></td> </tr> <tr><th>Function</th> <td><textarea name="new_function:text" rows="4" cols="60" wrap="virtual"></textarea></td> </tr> <tr><th>Qualifications</th> <td><textarea name="new_qualifications:text" rows="8" cols="60" wrap="virtual"></textarea></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <p>To create a bullet list of "duties," type each one in the box below and press the "ENTER" key between each item in the list.</p> </td> </tr> <tr><th>Duties</th> <td><textarea name="new_duties:text" rows="10" cols="60" wrap="virtual"></textarea></td> </tr> <tr><th>Offer Expires</th> <td><input type="text" name="new_expires:date" size="20"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2><p>Enter the date that the job was officially posted.</p></td> </tr> <tr><th>Posted Date</th> <td><input type="text" name="new_posted:date" size="20"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2><p>Enter any notes you'd like to add. This field will be invisible to site visitors.</p></td> </tr> <tr><th>Notes</th> <td><textarea name="new_notes:text" rows="10" cols="60" wrap="virtual"></textarea></td> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <input type="submit" value=" Add Entry "> </form> <form action="admin_html"> <input type="submit" value=" Cancel "> </form> </td> </tr> </table> <dtml-var standard_html_footer> And finally, here's the method that processes that form input. This method (and the previous form) live in the folder where ZClass instances are created. <dtml-var standard_html_header> <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('jobID', REQUEST.form['new_jobID'])"> <dtml-with "manage_addProduct['JobBoard']"> <dtml-call "job_board_entry_add(_.None,_, NoRedir=1)"> </dtml-with> <form action="admin_html"> <dtml-in "objectValues(['Job Board Entry'])"> <dtml-if "(_['sequence-item'].id == REQUEST.form['new_jobID'])"> <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('our_job', _['sequence-item'])"> </dtml-if> </dtml-in> <dtml-call "_['our_job'].propertysheets.entry_info.manage_changeProperties({ 'position_name' : REQUEST.form['new_position'], 'position_description' : REQUEST.form['new_description'], 'position_pay' : REQUEST.form['new_pay'], 'position_loa' : REQUEST.form['new_loa'], 'position_function' : REQUEST.form['new_function'], 'position_qualifications' : REQUEST.form['new_qualifications'], 'position_duties' : REQUEST.form['new_duties'], 'org_name' : REQUEST.form['new_organization'], 'offer_expires' : REQUEST.form['new_expires'], 'date_posted' : REQUEST.form['new_posted'], 'notes' : REQUEST.form['new_notes'] })"> <table align=center valign=center> <br><br><br> <tr> <td><h2><em>"<dtml-var jobID>"</em> added! </h2></td> </tr> <tr> <td><input type=submit value=" Okay "></td> </tr> </table> </form> <dtml-var standard_html_footer> Now I'll be emailing all of you the entire contents of my H.D.! Just kidding. :-) Any advice would be greatly appreciated. -Tim -- Tim Wilson | Visit Sibley online: | Check out: Henry Sibley HS | http://www.isd197.k12.mn.us/ | http://www.zope.org/ W. St. Paul, MN | | http://slashdot.org/ wilson@visi.com | <dtml-var pithy_quote> | http://linux.com/