[Zope] Help - ZClass instances broken!

[James W. Howe]

In an effort to get a better understanding of how the XMLDocument product 
worked, I attempted to use the Python debugger to walk through the code.  I 
added an "import pdb" to the build.py file and added a pdb.set_trace() to 
one of the methods.  I started Zope from the command line with a batch file 
(I'm running under NT).  I was able to step into the debugger and look 
around.  The only odd thing was that some of my ZClass instances showed up 
as broken.  I figured this had something to do with the way I started Zope 
so I ignored it.  I then stopped Zope and reverted my build.py file back to 
its original state.  I restarted Zope as a service (the way I usually run 
it).  To my surprise, my ZClass instances (all belonging to the same 
product) were still broken!

I shut everything down and rebooted my machine.  I once again went into 
Zope and still my ZClasses were broken.  The product itself looks fine.  I 
can add new instances of my ZClasses without difficulty.  However, I can't 
view existing ZClasses.

While it wouldn't be an absolute catastrophe if I had to recreate my lost 
data, it wouldn't make me happy.  More importantly I'm concerned that 
something I did broke the system, and if this were in production I would be 
in big trouble.  Can anyone provide ideas on how I might debug and 
hopefully fix this problem?

Thanks.

James W. Howe				mailto:jwh@allencreek.com
Allen Creek Software, Inc.		pgpkey: http://ic.net/~jwh/pgpkey.html		
Ann Arbor, MI  48103