[Zope] efficient internal redirect

[Phil Harris]

Andy,

I may also be barking up the wrong tree here, but forgive me if so.

Have you tried something like (untested)

<dtml-call "RESPONSE.redirect(destinationPage.absolute_url())">

HTH

Phil
phil.harris@zope.co.uk

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Heath" <a.k.heath@open.ac.uk>
To: "alex" <alex@mop.no>
Cc: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Zope] efficient internal redirect


>
> > Why not derive a specialized version of my product ("Redirector Method")
> > that descends from not Folder, but SimpleItem? If each such method
> > represents only a single "mapping", you get what you ask for.
> >
> > Of course, if you have plugged your Zope into Apache, then it would be
> > more efficient to use mod_rewrite anyway.
>
> You have misunderstood what I'm asking completely (probably my fault).
> I am using apache and zope, some pages served via the zope-->apache
> route, some
> directly from Zserver (faster than going via apache) and some just with
> apache. Some addresses are already being rewritten by apache - that's
> not
> a problem.  The mechanism I am seeking to use is just something like
>
> <dtml-var destinationPage>.
>
> Since this doesn't go back to the client between it has to be faster
> than going back to the client and doing another request for these
> particular
> pages (which are in this database anyway).
>
> Please can people reply to my original post without recommending
> the redirector product.  I've reproduced the post below in the hope
> someone can answer it for me.  Please don't reply telling me how
> marvellous the redirector is - yes its a good idea but its not
> what I'm looking for here - I'm just looking for some help to
> know what's the fastest method and how to code it.
>
> Original post
> -------------
> I have some pages within zope which are linked
> to externally (from non-zope pages).  I want
> to have some sort of internal index so that I can
> move the zope pages around completely within zope
> (move a page and change its index) without breaking
> or having to change the external in-pointing links.
>
> This mechanism will come into play for nearly every
> page in my system so I'm looking
> for the most efficient code to do this.
>
> My thinking about possibilities for the index :-
>
> methods in a folder
> properties of a folder
> properties of a dtml-doc
> some other sort of data structure
>
> For the redirection its obviously more efficient to
> do it something like dtml-var rather than redirect
> back to the client but (as my other posts show) I'm
> often really struggling to get my object references
> right (only partial understanding - looking forward to
> better documentation) I'd appreciate some help here
> too.
>
> What's the most efficient way?
>
> Andy
>
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