[Zope] Help with Page Counter (Python script), please

[Maik Jablonski]

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 09:44:12 +0200 "Uwe Schuerkamp"
<uwe.schuerkamp@nionex.net> wrote:

> I'm trying to implement a simple page request counter by checking for
> a property named "requestCount" in a DTML method, adding the property
> if not found, incrementing it otherwise and returning the new value.
> 
> I'm using the following python script: 
> 
> request = container.REQUEST
> 
> o = container.index_html
> this script lives in the top level of my Zope installation. 
> 
> When I try to get a hit counter by including the script output as a
> DTML-var like this:
> 
> <dtml-var incRequestCount>
> 
> in any subfolder the property of the Zope root folder is incremented
> (where the Python script lives), but not the container of the current
> object / container / folder whatever.

you should use 'context' instead of 'container'. have a look at the
description of the python-script-bindings (bindings-tab)...

request = context.REQUEST
...
o = context.index_html

greetings, maik.