Re: [Zope] Python Scripts and HTML Forms
Hi Jonathan,Thanks a lot, it works today, but it was acting up a bit yesterday. I really appreciate it, maybe I just needed to completely get rid of the browser cache.Peace and thanks again,Muk
On 8/17/06, Jonathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you have a line like
input type=text name=first_name
value=default value
in your html file then if you try the following in
your script file
print REQUEST['first_name']
return printed
you should see default value printed
out
you can try:
print REQUEST
to see the entire contents of REQUEST (very
informative)
Note: if you do not have a default value in your
input statement and you do not enter anything in the input field when
the form is displayed, then when the form is submitted REQUEST will not contain
an entry for the corresponding form field (an entry is made in REQUEST only when
data is entered in the form field)
Jonathan
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From:
Muk Yan
To:
Jonathan
Cc:
zope@zope.org
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:40
PM
Subject: Re: [Zope] Python Scripts and
HTML Forms
Hey All,Sorry about that, what I meant is that I get a
KeyError. It says that the first_name in REQUEST['first_name'] is not found,
when I try to set the variable in line in the script where fname =
REQUEST['first_name'].Thanks in
advance.Cheers,Muk
On 8/17/06, Jonathan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What does it doesn't seem to work mean?
Error messages/traceback? What does your form script contain?
More info on the problem is definitely required!
Jonathan
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From:
Muk Yan
To:
Jonathan ;
zope@zope.org
Sent:
Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:20 PM
Subject:
Re: [Zope] Python Scripts and HTML Forms
Hey Jonathan, All,Thanks I tried your solution, but
it doesn't seem to work. Can anybody shed some more light on this
situation, since what Jonathan provides is exactly what I want to do, but
it's not working.Am I forgetting to put parameteres or some other
newbie mistake like that?Thanks in advance and thanks again
Jonathan.-Muk
On 8/17/06, Jonathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Form variables are stored in REQUEST. In a
python script you gain access to REQUEST by:
REQUEST=
container.REQUEST
you can then access the form variables
by:
fname = REQUEST['first_name']
you can check for the presence of a form
variable by
if
REQUEST.has_key('first_name'):
or
if REQUEST.get('first_name',
None):
hth
Jonathan
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From:
Muk Yan
To:
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Sent:
Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:57 PM
Subject:
[Zope] Python Scripts and HTML Forms
Dear Trusted Zope Zealots,This subject was a bit
too broad to do a google search on, because I've tried and the lack of
relevancy was astounding.I've probably been committing a cardinal
sin in DTML, but I couldn't figure any other work around. I have
an HTML form in a DTML Document say:form
action="" method=postName:input type=text
name:first_name/form I want to use
first_name in a python script, but what I've been doing is setting it in
the process_this_form, which is a DTML method:DTML Method,
process_this_form:dtml-call REQUEST.SESSION.set ('firstName',
first_name)dtml-call
this_is_a_python_script()and in the Python Script,
this_is_a_python_scriptI use
REQUEST.SESSION.get('firstName')What my question is, is there
anyway to directly access first_name from the form in the python script
without having to have to call the dtml-call
REQUEST.SESSION.set('firstName', first_name) and then
REQUEST.SESSION.get('firstName') in the python script. Sort of a
sophomoric question, but any help would be appreciated. Thanks in
advance.-Muk
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[Zope] Python Scripts and HTML Forms
Dear Trusted Zope Zealots,This subject was a bit too broad to do a google search on, because I've tried and the lack of relevancy was astounding.I've probably been committing a cardinal sin in DTML, but I couldn't figure any other work around.
I have an HTML form in a DTML Document say:form action="" method=postName:input type=text name:first_name/form
I want to use first_name in a python script, but what I've been doing is setting it in the process_this_form, which is a DTML method:DTML Method, process_this_form:dtml-call REQUEST.SESSION.set
('firstName', first_name)dtml-call this_is_a_python_script()and in the Python Script, this_is_a_python_scriptI use REQUEST.SESSION.get('firstName')What my question is, is there anyway to directly access first_name from the form in the python script without having to have to call the dtml-call
REQUEST.SESSION.set('firstName', first_name) and then REQUEST.SESSION.get('firstName') in the python script. Sort of a sophomoric question, but any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.-Muk
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Re: [Zope] Python Scripts and HTML Forms
Hey Jonathan, All,
Thanks I tried your solution, but it doesn't seem to work. Can anybody
shed some more light on this situation, since what Jonathan provides is
exactly what I want to do, but it's not working.
Am I forgetting to put parameteres or some other newbie mistake like that?
Thanks in advance and thanks again Jonathan.
-MukOn 8/17/06, Jonathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Form variables are stored in REQUEST. In a python
script you gain access to REQUEST by:
REQUEST= container.REQUEST
you can then access the form variables
by:
fname = REQUEST['first_name']
you can check for the presence of a form variable
by
if
REQUEST.has_key('first_name'):
or
if REQUEST.get('first_name',
None):
hth
Jonathan
- Original Message -
From:
Muk Yan
To:
zope@zope.org
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:57
PM
Subject: [Zope] Python Scripts and HTML
Forms
Dear Trusted Zope Zealots,This subject was a bit too
broad to do a google search on, because I've tried and the lack of relevancy
was astounding.I've probably been committing a cardinal sin in DTML,
but I couldn't figure any other work around. I have an HTML form in a
DTML Document say:form action=""
method=postName:input type=text
name:first_name/form I want to use first_name
in a python script, but what I've been doing is setting it in the
process_this_form, which is a DTML method:DTML Method,
process_this_form:dtml-call REQUEST.SESSION.set ('firstName',
first_name)dtml-call this_is_a_python_script()and in
the Python Script, this_is_a_python_scriptI use
REQUEST.SESSION.get('firstName')What my question is, is there anyway
to directly access first_name from the form in the python script without
having to have to call the dtml-call REQUEST.SESSION.set('firstName',
first_name) and then REQUEST.SESSION.get('firstName') in the python
script. Sort of a sophomoric question, but any help would be
appreciated. Thanks in advance.-Muk
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Re: [Zope] Python Scripts and HTML Forms
Hey All,Sorry about that, what I meant is that I get a KeyError. It says that the first_name in REQUEST['first_name'] is not found, when I try to set the variable in line in the script where
fname = REQUEST['first_name'].Thanks in advance.Cheers,MukOn 8/17/06, Jonathan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What does it doesn't seem to work mean?
Error messages/traceback? What does your form script contain? More
info on the problem is definitely required!
Jonathan
- Original Message -
From:
Muk Yan
To:
Jonathan ; zope@zope.org
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:20
PM
Subject: Re: [Zope] Python Scripts and
HTML Forms
Hey Jonathan, All,Thanks I tried your solution, but it
doesn't seem to work. Can anybody shed some more light on this
situation, since what Jonathan provides is exactly what I want to do, but it's
not working.Am I forgetting to put parameteres or some other newbie
mistake like that?Thanks in advance and thanks again
Jonathan.-Muk
On 8/17/06, Jonathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Form variables are stored in REQUEST. In a
python script you gain access to REQUEST by:
REQUEST=
container.REQUEST
you can then access the form variables
by:
fname = REQUEST['first_name']
you can check for the presence of a form
variable by
if
REQUEST.has_key('first_name'):
or
if REQUEST.get('first_name',
None):
hth
Jonathan
-
Original Message -
From:
Muk Yan
To:
zope@zope.org
Sent:
Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:57 PM
Subject:
[Zope] Python Scripts and HTML Forms
Dear Trusted Zope Zealots,This subject was a bit too
broad to do a google search on, because I've tried and the lack of relevancy
was astounding.I've probably been committing a cardinal sin in DTML,
but I couldn't figure any other work around. I have an HTML form in
a DTML Document say:form action=""
method=postName:input type=text
name:first_name/form I want to use
first_name in a python script, but what I've been doing is setting it in
the process_this_form, which is a DTML method:DTML Method,
process_this_form:dtml-call REQUEST.SESSION.set ('firstName',
first_name)dtml-call this_is_a_python_script()and
in the Python Script, this_is_a_python_scriptI use
REQUEST.SESSION.get('firstName')What my question is, is there anyway
to directly access first_name from the form in the python script without
having to have to call the dtml-call REQUEST.SESSION.set('firstName',
first_name) and then REQUEST.SESSION.get('firstName') in the python
script. Sort of a sophomoric question, but any help would be
appreciated. Thanks in advance.-Muk
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[Zope] Providing Arguments to ZSQL Methods that Insert and Update in Python
Dear Zenith of Zope Knowledge,Thanks for all the help from before it is truly appreciated.I know that it's possible to provide arguments when selecing in a ZSQL Method, but is it possible to provide arguments to UPDATE and INSERT. I'll use an example that I found from a previous entry in the Zope mailing list.The ZSQL method looks like this:Arguments: emp_id first last salary UPDATE personSET person_first_name = first,person_last_name = last,person_salary = salaryWHERE person_emp_id = emp_idand the call in the Script(Python) would be:(context.aq_parent).updates.update_person(empid=someval1, first=someval2, last=someval3, salary=someval4)I'm having trouble correlating the Python variables with the ones in the ZSQL method. I know how to pass variables from forms in DTML documents via dtml-sqlvar emp_id type=string. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance and have a great weekend! Take care,Muk Yan ___ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
Re: [Zope] Providing Arguments to ZSQL Methods that Insert and Update in Python
Thanks Andreas, sorry about the confusion.What I want to do is call the ZSQL Method from a Python script instead of from a DTML Document or Method. I want to know if there's a way to provide arguments from the Python Script to ZSQL Methods with Updates and Inserts.This is just a toy problem:Arguments: emp_id first last salary UPDATE personSET person_first_name = first,person_last_name = last,person_salary = salaryWHERE person_emp_id = emp_id(context.aq_parent).updates.update_person(empid=someval1, first=someval2, last=someval3, salary=someval4)I want to avoid using dtml-sqlvar emp_id type=string.Thanks again.Peace and take care,Muk ___ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
[Zope] Filling Out a PDF
Dear Knowledgeable Zope Zealots,Thanks for pointing me in the right direction last time, I just didn't know that I should have searched for zsql instead of sql.I've racked my brain and searched the great vastness to no avail. I have some PDF forms that I've converted to HTML in order for people to fill them out and then print them. I was wondering was there any way to edit the PDF directly or convert the PDF to another format and enter in the information that the user has entered? Of course any help would be appreciated. I've already converted the forms to PDF, but it of course doesn't look *exactly* like the PDF which is what I would prefer. Do you think maybe remaking the PDF's into ZPDF would be a good path to follow? Maybe convert it to an FDF and somehow get the infor from the webform into it and then spit back out a completed PDF?Thanks again and take care all,Muk ___ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
[Zope] MySQL queries in Python
Dear Coveted Braintrust,I was wondering if anyone had any experience with MySQL queries in Python in Zope:import MySQLdbimport stringrequest = container.REQUESTsession = request.SESSION
result = (context.aq_parent).selects.select_from_table()print resultreturn printedWHERE select.select_from_table() IS:SELECT nameFROM personWHERE ID = dtml-var REQUEST.SESSION.get
('person_id')I know the MySQL query works, but I get garbage results from the python script (Shared.DC.ZRDB.Results.Results instance at 0x132a5c88). All I want is to contain the results of the SQL query in a list or container.
Thanks and take care,Muk Yan
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[Zope] Using the DTML REQUEST Object
Dear Exalted Sirs and Madams, I'm a Zope newbie, so be gentle. I'm using DTML on Zope (yes I know Plone and Tal is now the norm) and I was wondering if regularly using the REQUEST(set and get) object is bad practice. I'm mostly a C++ programmer and I know of the horrors of global variables, but I was wondering if there was any way to pass information from DTML Documents to DTML Methods and vice versa (and maybe from DTML Methods to DTML Methods) without using the REQUEST object. Thanks and take care, Muk Yan ___ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
