[Zope] Weird (?) Python Script problem

[Bruce Eckel]

Never mind. I just figured out the DateTime() thing.
(replace time.time() below with DateTime()).

Although it seems a strange way to report an error.

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On 5/15/01 at 10:00 AM Bruce Eckel wrote:

>The following script follows all the rules, I think. It
>saves fine, and I usually get an exception when I save a
>script if there's something wrong with it. But when I try
>to run it, it pops up the "Please type your user name and
>password" dialog box, and it will not accept my "root"
zope
>admin password.
>
>## Script (Python) "SeminarID"
>##bind container=container
>##bind context=context
>##bind namespace=
>##bind script=script
>##bind subpath=traverse_subpath
>##parameters=name
>##title=
>##
>import string, time
>
>order_id = string.join(string.split(string.strip(name)),
>'') # Remove spaces
>idstring = ''
>
>for c in order_id:
>  if c in string.letters: # Take only characters
>    idstring = idstring + c
>order_id = idstring[0:20] # Take only the first 20
>characters
>order_id = "%s%x" % (order_id, time.time()) # Combine with
>current time in hex for unique ID
>return order_id
>
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http://www.mindview.net/Etc/notes.html
===================
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Contains free electronic books: "Thinking in Java 2e" &
"Thinking in C++ 2e"
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