[Zope] getting at ZCatalog data object in Python

[J. Cameron Cooper]

Tom P. Allred wrote:

>Here is my modified (working) script based on your suggestion:
>for x in context.Catalog(datatype='client',id='12346'):
>  drec = x.getObject()
>return drec
>
>Just out of curiosity, can you tell me why the following doesn't work
>(Script Error: LazyMap instance has no attribute 'getObject') since only one
>catalog item is the result of the query?
>
>zcat = context.Catalog(datatype='client',id='12346')
>drec = zcat.getObject()
>return drec
>  
>
A list with one item is still a list. You call 'getObject' on a catalog 
result list, which knows of no such method.

If you know it to have only one result, you may say

zcat = context.Catalog(datatype='client',id='12346')
drec = zcat[0].getObject()
return drec

          --jcc

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