[Zope] TypeError: 'in <string>' requires character as left operand

[Gordon Sullivan]

The traceback is at the bottom.

Thanks!



Quoting "Wilson, Derek" <dwilson at abrazohealth.com>:

> Yes, posting the traceback would be a good way for us to help show you
> where to look.
> 
> Thanks,
> Derek Wilson
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gordon Sullivan [mailto:gordon at gortek.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 10:53 PM
> To: zope at zope.org
> Subject: [Zope] TypeError: 'in <string>' requires character as left
> operand
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I seem to have messed up my Plone real good.  I'm not sure, but I think
> what I did to cause this was clicking the drop-down on the preferences
> screen for the editor.  There was only one selection, 'None'.  
> 
> Now if I try to access /folder_contents for any folder, it gives me a
> Site error and the message:
>     
>     "'in ' requires character as left operand".  
> 
> I'm running the windoze install-shield version of plone [ (Zope 2.6.1
> (binary release, python 2.1, win32-x86), python 2.1.3, win32)] on my
> computer at work. I just started showing my managers how cool Plone is
> today, so of course I had to break it...  8~[
> 
> I've googled and seen references such as these:
> 
> (http://mail.zope.org/pipermail/zope-cmf/2003-April/018187.html)
> <snip>
> > The simplest thing possible is to add another check
> > on line line 174 in TypesTool.py
> >
> > if not self.allowed_content_types: return 0
> </snip>
> 
> 
> And also this:
> 
> (http://copilotconsulting.com/mail-archives/zope.2003/11509.html)
> <snip>
> 
> Figuring this out was the hard part. Fixing it was easy: Zope provides a
> simple 'argument conversion' facility. Adding ':list' to the addForm
> HTML form ensures that the multiple field value(s) will always be
> treated as a Python list, even if the multiple field only had a single
> value.
> 
> To illustrate the fix (similar to the one I made in my 'addForm' HTML),
> assume the line with the problem property was:
> 
>   <input type="checkbox" name="choices" value="choice_one" />
> 
> Change it to the following, which - via ':list' - ensures the Zope
> argument conversion of 'choices' so that it is always a list:
> 
>   <input type="checkbox" name="choices:list" value="choice_one" />
> 
> </snip>
> 
> 
> I've also read  Issue 1336
> (http://plone.org/collector/1336/ISSUE_TRANSCRIPT/view) of  Issue
> Collector [Plone] that discusses this problem, and now I remember
> experimenting with the 'Allow Discussion' checkbox at some
> point...   Maybe that's what caused it?  
> 
> 
> I'm not sure what to make of things because I'm pretty new to the guts
> of Zope and Plone.  Whatever I did to cause this problem I did from the
> user interface of plone, not the ZMI or editing python files.
> 
> 
> If it will help I can send the traceback from the Site error log.
> 
> 
> Does anyone know what the fix for this is?
> 
> Thanks so much,
> Gordon Sullivan 
> 
> 
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=======================================================================
 Begin Traceback
=======================================================================

Traceback (innermost last):
  Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 98, in publish
  Module ZPublisher.mapply, line 88, in mapply
  Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 39, in call_object
  Module Shared.DC.Scripts.Bindings, line 252, in __call__
  Module Shared.DC.Scripts.Bindings, line 283, in _bindAndExec
  Module Products.CMFCore.FSPageTemplate, line 169, in _exec
  Module Products.PageTemplates.ZopePageTemplate, line 228, in _exec
  Module Products.CMFCore.FSPageTemplate, line 141, in pt_render
  Module Products.PageTemplates.PageTemplate, line 95, in pt_render
   - <FSPageTemplate at /Plone/folder_contents used for /Plone/Members>
  Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 200, in __call__
  Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 244, in interpret
  Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 703, in do_useMacro
  Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 244, in interpret
  Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 726, in do_defineSlot
  Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 244, in interpret
  Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 682, in do_defineMacro
  Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 244, in interpret
  Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 473, in do_setLocal_tal
  Module Products.PageTemplates.TALES, line 217, in evaluate
   - Line 66, Column 12
   - Expression: <PythonExpr here.sortObjects(here.allowedContentTypes())>
   - Names:
      {'container': <PloneSite instance at 01C6FF08>,
       'default': <Products.PageTemplates.TALES.Default instance at 00E6D544>,
       'here': <PloneFolder instance at 0229AA48>,
       'loop': <SafeMapping instance at 01FEACB8>,
       'modules': <Products.PageTemplates.ZRPythonExpr._SecureModuleImporter
instance at 00823ACC>,
       'nothing': None,
       'options': {'args': ()},
       'repeat': <SafeMapping instance at 01FEACB8>,
       'request': <HTTPRequest, URL=http://csc-2116/Members/folder_contents>,
       'root': <Application instance at 01666AE8>,
       'template': <FSPageTemplate at /Plone/folder_contents used for
/Plone/Members>,
       'traverse_subpath': [],
       'user': tony}
  Module Products.PageTemplates.ZRPythonExpr, line 48, in __call__
   - __traceback_info__: here.sortObjects(here.allowedContentTypes())
  Module Python expression "here.sortObjects(here.allowedContentTypes())", line
2, in f
  Module Products.CMFCore.PortalFolder, line 122, in allowedContentTypes
  Module Products.CMFCore.TypesTool, line 175, in allowType
TypeError: 'in <string>' requires character as left operand