[Zope] Automatic Cataloging

[Tom Von Lahndorff]

On Jun 10, 2007, at 2:49 AM, Andreas Jung wrote:

>
>
> --On 9. Juni 2007 14:09:15 -0400 Tom Von Lahndorff  
> <tom at modscape.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a zCatalog installed and I'm trying to automatically  
>> catalog an
>> object and it's properties using:
>>
>> <dtml-with "manage_clone(base_business,newid,REQUEST)">
>> <dtml-call "manage_changeProperties(
>> title=REQUEST['business_name'],
>> business_name=REQUEST['business_name'],
>> business_company=REQUEST['business_company'],
>> business_street=REQUEST['business_street'],
>> business_town=REQUEST['business_town'],
>> business_county=REQUEST['business_county'],
>> business_state=REQUEST['business_state'],
>> business_zipcode=REQUEST['business_zipcode'],
>> business_phone=REQUEST['business_phone'],
>> business_website=REQUEST['business_website'],
>> business_email=REQUEST['business_email'],
>> )">
>> </dtml-with>
>> <dtml-call "zCatalog.catalog_object(business_name,newid)">
>
>
> What a dirty code :-)
>
> Such code should be written using a PythonScript:
>
> newob = container.manage_clone(...)
> newob.manage_changeProperties(REQUEST=context.REQUEST)
> catalog.catalog_object(...)
>

im aware. humor me. :)

>
>>
>> The zCatalog has indexes and metadata:
>> business_name
>> business_company
>> business_street
>> business_town
>> business_county
>> business_state
>> business_zipcode
>> business_phone
>> business_website
>> business_email
>>
>> The object does get cataloged with the "newid" but none of the  
>> indexes or
>> metadata get updated.
>
> Hard to believe...do you have properties defined for the particular  
> object?

Yes. same names as whats listed above.

>
> -aj
>