[Zope] Can't update properties of a custom product

[Thierry FLORAC]

On Wednesday 19 February 2003 21:41, Dylan Reinhardt wrote:
> At 10:23 AM 2/19/2003, Thierry FLORAC wrote:
> The error you're getting is typically the result of attempting to perform a
> slice or index operation on an empty string or a string which is
> substantially shorter than some expected length.  Looking at the code, I
> can't see any place in the standard manage_editProperties where string
> slicing/indexing takes place.  My guess would be that it *is* one of your
> methods kicking up this error.

As I said in my previous message, my big problem is that I don't use any 
custom method in this case : it's the standard "manage_editProperties" method 
which is used !!
So I suppose that it's my properties definition or contents which raise this 
exception, but I really can't see anything "special" in them... :

_properties = IF_OrderedObjectManager.IF_OrderedObjectManager._properties + \
  ( { 'id':'owner',             'type':'string',      'mode':'w'  },
    { 'id':'creator',           'type':'string',      'mode':'w'  },
    { 'id':'updater',           'type':'string',      'mode':'w'  },
    { 'id':'editor',            'type':'string',      'mode':'w'  },
    { 'id':'publisher',         'type':'string',      'mode':'w'  },
    { 'id':'creation_time',     'type':'date',        'mode':''   },
    { 'id':'creation_date',     'type':'date',        'mode':'w'  },
    { 'id':'update_time',       'type':'date',        'mode':'w'  },
    { 'id':'edition_time',      'type':'date',        'mode':'w'  },
    { 'id':'publication_time',  'type':'date',        'mode':'w'  },
    { 'id':'first_pub_date',    'type':'date',        'mode':'w'  },
    { 'id':'last_pub_date',     'type':'date',        'mode':'w'  },
    { 'id':'description',       'type':'text',        'mode':'w'  },
    { 'id':'remarques',         'type':'text',        'mode':'w'  },
    { 'id':'keywords',          'type':'tokens',      'mode':'w'  },
    { 'id':'commentaire',       'type':'text',        'mode':'w'  },
    { 'id':'moral_author',      'type':'string',      'mode':'w'  },
    { 'id':'physical_author',   'type':'string',      'mode':'w'  },
    { 'id':'updaters',          'type':'selection',   'mode':'w',   
'select_variable':'getUpdatersList' },
    { 'id':'category',          'type':'selection',   'mode':'w',   
'select_variable':'getCategories'   },
    { 'id':'status',            'type':'selection',   'mode':'w',   
'select_variable':'getStatusList'   },
    { 'id':'private',           'type':'boolean',     'mode':'w'  },
    { 'id':'visible',           'type':'boolean',     'mode':'w'  }
  )

IF_OrderedObjectManager is another class that I use as parent for other 
inherited subclasses, without any problem...

I've also tried to add a "manage_editProperties(self, REQUEST)" method in my 
custom class, with just "return REQUEST" as content, but the exception is 
raised before the method is called, so I think that the problem is not at the 
class level, but probably at the Publisher level, when the HTTP request is 
handled... How can I try to debug this ???


Thierry