[Zope] Newbie question about zodb and script (python)

[Daniel Tartaglia]

Yes, I understand that PhythonScrips are restricted. But I can't find 
the information on how to use ExternalMethods...

On Friday, August 8, 2003, at 12:22 AM, Andreas Jung wrote:

> PythonScripts are restricted !
> See lib/python/Products/PythonScripts/README.txt
> Use ExternalMethods to run Python code with restrictions.
>
> -aj
>
> --On Donnerstag, 7. August 2003 23:00 Uhr -0400 Daniel Tartaglia 
> <daniel_t at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> I'm pretty raw with zope so far but I'm trying to save information 
>> that
>> is entered in a form, into a file. I tried pickling the object from 
>> in a
>> scrip (python) and when that didn't work (because the shelf module was
>> restricted) I tried using zodb instead but that module is restricted 
>> as
>> well.
>>
>> I seem to remember reading something about these restrictions and how 
>> to
>> get around them (something about calling actual python code?) but I 
>> can't
>> find the reference any more.
>>
>> I have an zpt form to allow a person to enter his first and last name,
>> how do I save the first and last name in a database file? The below
>> doesn't work because I can't import FileStorage...
>>
>> from ZODB import FileStorage, DB
>>
>> class Person:
>> 	pass
>>
>> storage = FileStorage( 'allDentest.fs' )
>> dbase = DB( storage )
>> connection = dbase.open()
>> root = connection.root()
>>
>> # create a unique entry id
>> id = '%d' % len(entries_folder.objectIds())
>> 	
>> newDentist = Person()
>> newDentist.id = len( dbase )
>> newDentist.firstName = first
>> newDentist.lastName = last
>>
>> root[newDentist.id] = newDentist
>> connection.get_transaction().commit()
>> connection.close()
>>
>>
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