[Zope-CMF] updating portal_catalog in Plone

[Florent Guillaume]

Alma Chao  <alma_chao@asat.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a python script that modifies the meta data of some objects in a
> folder.  In the script, I do a context.catalog.index_object (someObj).
> However, when I create a portal topic to search for that object, it doesn't
> show up until I go into the portal_catalog/Advanced and do an "Update
> Catalog".  I didn't mind doing this a while ago, but my catalog is getting
> pretty big so it's taking longer and longer to update it.
> 
> Is there some way to keep the catalog updated as I index objects instead of
> updating the entire catalog at once using python?

The correct way to reindex an object in a CMF site is to call
somObj.reindexObject()

Florent
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