[Zope] Storing Data inside Zope

[sean.upton@uniontrib.com]

Perhaps I'm off-base here, but I wonder if Archetypes might be appropriate
(schema-driven content types with pluggable storage backends for attributes,
custom widgets, validation, FTP/DAV marshalling, etc)... 

http://sf.net/projects/archetypes
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/archetypes/Archetypes/docs/

Sean

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis Allison [mailto:allison@sumeru.stanford.EDU]
> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 2:27 PM
> To: Tom P. Allred
> Cc: 'J Cameron Cooper'; zope@zope.org
> Subject: RE: [Zope] Storing Data inside Zope
> 
> 
> 
> Sorry if this has already been suggested in this thread..  
> 
> It seems to me that you are really in need of a hybrid system 
> which uses
> both Zope and a relational data base.  Zope and some specialized
> products to manage the front-end and query interfaces, and a
> relational database to handle complex queries.  
> 
> MySQL, at least the recent versions, supports full text 
> indexing as well
> as the usual SQL relational queries.  I suspect that would be 
> invaluable 
> for your application.
> 
> You might consider (if your budget allows) incorporating a 
> google-style
> search engine.
> 
> > 
> > I'm using the Client/Cases/Detail/etc granularity and 
> making each record a
> > single object (using File objects for testing) in an 
> appropriate data folder
> > (e.g. Case/Data, Client/Data or maybe Data/Client, 
> Data/Case).  I create
> > properties with field names and assign them the field 
> values.  That way I
> > can use the ZMI to create/clone/edit/delete 'data records' easily in
> > addition to my programs.  I'm using Formulator so I can tap 
> the field
> > definitions programmatically to get the info needed to 
> define the File data
> > object properties appropriately for each field.  I thought 
> about making a
> > template File data object and cloning it as needed but I 
> haven't figured out
> > how to do that yet.  Besides the dynamic Formulator 
> approach lets me change
> > form AND 'table' definitions in one spot which is nice for 
> development.
> > 
> > Being shiny new to Zope I'm still grasping the building 
> blocks but thought
> > ZClasses sounded like what might be useful for this.  
> Thanks for letting me
> > know that might not be a good idea.  I'll continue to fumble through
> > alternate approaches.  It's painfully slow but at least 
> it's interesting.
> > 
> > Thanks to all who have contributed help,
> > Tom P. Allred, MCSE, RHCE, CCNA
> > Allred Data Consulting, Inc.
> > 704-633-0311 x826
> > www.AllredData.com
> > Tom@AllredData.com
> > 
> 
> 
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