Hi All Thanks Simon, this helps me :) I also tried to use the manage_findFrame method on any folder from my site, but if it is the solution, roles and the knownledge of the differents parameters for this method should be known? I can believe that zope can't offer a standard tool given a powerfull search engine to the client like this when the shiti FrontPage Micro$oft give it. FR

chalaouxf@synbio.tpgnet.net (FR Chalaoux) writes:

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How is it possible to search inside a zope database all the document objet containing a string occcurance (see regular expression) and construct the result in a document with an hypertexte link for each answer?

I posted some code which does this.. see msgid <wk90ex6wuf.fsf@joyful.com> (or search for "PrincipiaFind") in the list archive.

It searches for File objects containing a given string in the id or title, and modified within the last N days. To use it you could:

1. save it in a .py file in zope/Extensions and then create an External Object named "Find" in your zbase

2. create a search form which gathers obj_searchterm, obj_days & search_sub then goes to a results page

3. in your results page use dtml something like this:

<!--#with "_.namespace(results=Find(this(), obj_searchterm=obj_searchterm, obj_days=obj_days, search_sub=search_sub, REQUEST=REQUEST))"--> <!--#in results--> <a href="<!--#var sequence-key -->"> <img src="<!--#var SCRIPT_NAME-->/<!--#var icon -->" border=0> <!--#var sequence-key--></a> <!--#/in--> <!--#/with-->

Hope this helps, -Simon

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