[Zope] Start a new thread from a request

[Dieter Maurer]

Wade Leftwich wrote at 2003-4-17 16:51 -0400:
 > I've got a Zope application that accepts some data from a user and uses 
 > it in an XML-RPC call to another server.
 > 
 > The XML-RPC can take some itme, so I would like to put it into another 
 > thread and immediately return a page to the user.
 > 
 > I've heard something about how I need to provide my new thread with a 
 > connection to the ZODB, but have not found a recipe.

In your thread, you do:

   from Zope import app
   root= app() # Zope's root object
   # then use "[un]restrictedTraverse" to get at your objects


Dieter