[Zope] name of top object in ZDB?

[Jim Fulton]

Wade Leftwich wrote:
> 
> > I'm trying to put together an External Method that needs to operate
> > on several different objects within the ZDB (a/k/a ZODB, BoboPOS).
> >
> > How do I specify an object ID and retrieve the relevant object? sorry to
> > be obtuse, but I can't find an example anyplace. In the online
> docs
> 
> If I have a URL like '/manny/moe/jack', I know that from within the
> top-level object, I can retrieve the object 'jack' as 'manny.moe.jack'.
> 
> But if the context is jack, how do I specify the top level so I can
> talk about manny?

The top-level object is the 'app' attribute in the Main
module.  Note, however, that this will change in
ZODB3.

  import Main
  Main.app.manny

Jim

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