[Zope] Design Question

[Steve Alexander]

Tim Cook wrote:

> Maik Roeder wrote:
> 
> 
>> I guess the Catalog doesn't support OR searches, which would
>> do what you need.

It supports keyword indexes, which will give you what you want.


> 
> Actually the ZCatalog solution works. But having 15,212 instances
> of a ZClass in one BTree folder was pretty slow. I ASS-U-MEd that
> an external python method might provide a better solution?

Don't store them as ZClasses, and also in a ZCatalog. Just store them in 
the ZCatalog.

You can set the ZCatalog up to store as metadata your key, and the list 
of values. Then, also set up a field index on your key, and a keyword 
index for your values. Write an external method that puts your keys and 
values into the ZCatalog. You won't be storing these anywhere else in 
the ZODB; they will exist only as data within the catalog. You'll access 
them only as Catalog Brains.

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Steve Alexander
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