[Zope] External / Internal Methods

Michael Bernstein mbernstein@profitscape.net
Fri, 26 Feb 1999 12:15:48 -0800


"Christopher G. Petrilli" wrote:
> 
> I vaguely recall this being discussed in the past, but I can't find it
> in my archives...
> 
> Has anyone tried to make a comparable thing to an "External Method" but
> that is contained in the database itself?

I believe that this was rejected by DC because of security issues.
Letting people store and run Python code directly in the database is
essentially the same as giving someone complete access to the system.

Michael Bernstein.