[Zope] How About Storing Python Data Structures Directly in ZODB?

Dan Shafer pydan@danshafer.com
Sat, 18 May 2002 17:02:03 -0700


Makes sense, Chris. Thanks for the quick answer.

At 07:44 PM 5/18/2002 -0400, Chris McDonough wrote:
>Sure, but not via DTML or any other through the web script.  This is
>disallowed by the security machinery.  You'll need to use an external
>method or a Python product.
>
>See http://www.amk.ca/zodb/guide/ for more details.
>
>On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 19:38, Dan Shafer wrote:
> > Is there a way to store, e.g., a Python dictionary object *directly* in 
> the
> > ZODB either as a DTML Document/Method or as a File Object, e.g.?
> >
> > I *think* it would be possible to use a string to store the dictionary 
> in a
> > DTML Method and then do an eval() or exec() on the string depending on the
> > context, but I'm not really sure.
> >
> > Still learning.
> >
> >
> >
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