[Zope] CatalogAwareBase doesn't auto-reindex?

[Chris McDonough]

I think you need to call "reindex_object" on your catalogaware object 
manually... it indexes itself automatically but doesnt reindex itself 
automatically.

See http://www.zope.org/Members/AlexR/CatalogAware for more info...

Bryan Field-Elliot wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm new to Zope -- let me first say, I'm totally blown away! I come from 
> a Java/JSP/Servlet world, and Zope is just blowing my mind!
> 
> I am using the latest Zope release (downloaded and installed yesterday).
> 
> I am trying to use ZCatalog, and CatalogAwareBase as a base class for my 
> custom ZObject.
> 
> I have successfully managed to get things straight so that my catalog 
> notices whenever I create new instances of my custom classess (I had to 
> call my catalog "Catalog"). The new instances correctly show up in the 
> "Catalog" tab of my Catalog.
> 
> However, I am having a terrible time trying to get the Catalog to 
> automatically re-index objects when I modify them. I am using standard 
> property sheet editor page generated in the Product config area for my 
> object class. Is this the wrong thing to do?
> 
> It's hard to imagine the usefulness of the ZCatalog without it being 
> up-to-date when objects change. I guess I'm just used to the RDBMS world 
> where this is completely expected behavior.
> 
> I can't tell if this is a bug in CatalogAwareBase, or else if the 
> documentation is lacking.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bryan
> 
> 


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