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

[Thierry FLORAC]

Hi,

I finally found where my problem comes from ; I noticed that the exception 
response headers was containing references to the file which raised the 
exception : DateTime.py, line 655 !!
After looking at the code and making a few more tests, I finally found that 
Zope don't accept 'None' or empty values for 'date' properties : you have to 
enter a valid date for date properties !!

So my new question is simple : as en empty value is significant in several 
cases for this product, how can I handle empty date properties, without using 
string properties which will be converted as date in internal properties ??

Thanks,

 Thierry


On Thursday 20 February 2003 10:22, Thierry FLORAC wrote:
> 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
>
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