[Zope-dev] Re: Read-only root database doesn't work ... bug or feature?

[Paul Winkler]

On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 03:09:48PM -0400, Tres Seaver wrote:
> Paul Winkler wrote:
(snip)
> >I have not yet found exactly how Formulator triggers a commit,
> >but it is definitely something called by its initialize() function.
> 
> It is probably trying to do the Right Thing (TM) by registering with the 
> help system.  The fact that the help system writes to the database is a 
> wart the size of my foot.

Good thought, but practically everything else does that too, and 
Formulator's the only one that triggers this issue.

I've tracked it further to Formulator.FieldRegistry.initializeFieldForm()
but I don't grok what that's doing yet, only just started looking
at it...

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Paul Winkler
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