[Zope-dev] Re: AW: [Zope] Very important for CatalogWare zopists

[Kevin Dangoor]

Is it possible that the CatalogAwareness.py defined class does not add a "/"
in front of the URL, but the Find command does?
Maybe a small change needs to be made to CatalogAwareness and that is it!

Kevin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Spisak" <jason@mtear.com>
To: "Markus Strickler" <mstrickler@gmx.de>
Cc: "Brian Lloyd" <Brian@digicool.com>; <zope-dev@zope.org>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 12:41 PM
Subject: [Zope-dev] Re: AW: [Zope] Very important for CatalogWare zopists


> Marcus,
>
> Yeah!
> Now I know I'm not going crazy. :)
> I don't see any way right now that could cause just a "/" to be inserted
> using the ZClass generated code.
>
> Jason
>
> Markus Strickler writes:
>
> > I have similar problems with a ZClass I just created. Although I  now
have
> > all the Class instances cataloged twice. One with the trailing slash one
> > without.
> > Maybe it's a common mistake in the ZClass DTML-Code. I'll try to
investigate
> > this.
> >
> > Markus
> >
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]Im Auftrag von
> > Brian Lloyd
> > Gesendet: Freitag, 14. Januar 2000 20:13
> > An: 'Jason Spisak'; zope-dev@zope.org; zope@zope.org
> > Betreff: RE: [Zope] Very important for CatalogWare zopists
> >
> >
> > > I have submitted this to the Collector and it is major for people who
> > > have items in their ZODB that are Catalog aware.
> > >
> > > To create the bug follow these steps:
> > >
> > > 1.Create a Catalog Aware ZClass
> > > 2.Create an instance of that class
> > > 3.Make sure it is indexed by looking in the Catalog "Catolaged items"
> > > tab
> > > 4.Notice that there is *no* slash in front of the indexed url:
> > > "MyFolder/myobject"
> > > 5.Now clear the Catalog
> > > 6.Go to the "Find Items to Catalog"
> > > 7.Select just your New ZClass meta type so it is quick
> > > 8.Click "Find"
> > > 9.Make sure it is indexed by looking in the Catalog "Catolaged items"
> > > tab
> > > 10. Oh no!  It has a different url.  A leading slash!
> > > "/MyFolder/myobject"
> > > 11. Click on the link.  It's broken!
> >
> > Hi Jason - these steps are equivalent to what is currently
> > done on Zope.org (which is running on a checkout equivalent
> > to 2.1.2), and this does not seem to be a problem there.
> >
> > While I won't totally rule out the possibility of something
> > in Zope, the fact that we don't see this behavior seems to
> > suggest that there might be something going awry in your
> > particular ZClasses. In particular, I'd look for some
> > difference in the way that it registers itself with the
> > catalog at the time that it is created versus when it is
> > "found" by the catalog. The difference could be a difference
> > in either behavior, state or environment (i.e. is the
> > acquisition context, etc. the same in both cases when the
> > "absolute_url" method gets called to generate the url for
> > the catalog? Is there any custom code around this logic?).
> >
> > The object constructor is a good place to start looking
> > for this sort of thing - try to trace through the activity
> > in the constructor versus what happens when the existing
> > object is "found" by the catalog. If possible, try to see
> > what the value of the url given to the catalog is what you
> > expected it to be...
> >
> >
> > > What this means is that if you have a lot of items in you
> > > Catalog don't
> > > ever ever ever use the "Find" machinery until Digital fixes this(It
> > > worked in 2.0.0 Final).  You will end up not being able to
> > > edit/reindex
> > > your objects, and the links in your applications may not
> > > function.
> >
> > I have not heard any other reports of a problem like this, so
> > until we can verify that it is a Zope problem I think that this
> > is a little strong. If other Zopistas can reproduce this I would
> > certainly like to hear about it though.
> >
> >
> > Brian Lloyd        brian@digicool.com
> > Product Manager    540.371.6909
> > Digital Creations  http://www.digicool.com
> >
> >
> >
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