[Zope3-Users] ZODB explorer?

[jamesr]

On Dec 4, 2006, at 7:23 PM, Robert Hicks wrote:

> I have search a bit on GOOGLE and didn't find anything. I was  
> wondering if there was a GUI for ZODB (like TOAD for Oracle or  
> similar)?
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> Robert
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since in the zope format there is rarely plain text in the ZODB (just  
objects), reading the "file hierarchy" would require you to know  
which objects were containers and which weren't. To examine the  
contents you'd have to instantiate the object, which would probably  
require classes the view doesn't have. Although the ZODB has file- 
system type properties when using PersistentDictionary, the inclusion  
of scads of different object types renders it unusable except in the  
target system.

This statement forms a theory of mine at the least, if anyone wants  
to add/correct it, that's fine by me (thanks even).

  james