def testFolder(self): self=self.this() if hasattr(self,'id of object to check for'): sub1=self.folder1 exec "object2create = 'folder11'" try: if sub1.object2create: return 'Object exists' except AttributeError: sub1.manage_addFolder(object2create) return 'Object created' else: print 'oops folder does not exist, bugger' ----- Original Message ----- From: "Francois-Regis CHALAOUX" <Francois-Regis.CHALAOUX@sanofi-synthelabo.com> To: "Receipt Notification Requested" <zope@zope.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 2:51 PM Subject: [Zope] How to test if an object exist

Hi,

In the following code I test if a folder exists. The folder name to test is generated on the fly and here I try to simultate it with 'exce' function (may my error). The first time object2create does not exist and object2create is well created but if run again the script I obtain the following error :

Errot Type: NameError Error Value: folder1

How to manage this problem ?

FR.

===== CODE ===== def testFolder(self): self=self.this() sub1=self.folder1 exec "object2create = 'folder11'" try: if sub1.object2create: return 'Object exists' except AttributeError: sub1.manage_addFolder(object2create) return 'Object created'

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