[Zope] Is it possible to use regular CGI's like htDig with zserver?

2001-01-29 Thread Chris Beaumont
stem. (i.e. act as a standard web server in some ways) Can it also avail itself of the services of Apache-compatible CGIs, notably htDig? And if so, how would I set that up? Thank you! Chris Beaumont [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL

[Zope] way to cleanup form input text?

2001-01-11 Thread Chris Beaumont
Is there a simple way to clean up text that's input to HTML forms in Zope? I have a situation where one of my users is copying text from her web browser and pasting it into Zope. I'm sure this is a common problem.. The input text ends up having runs of whitespace characters in it that I'd

[Zope] Best Zope way to split a textfield on 2000 char increments

2000-12-15 Thread Chris Beaumont
Hi, I just realized I need to split a potentially pretty long textfield input from a web form into 2000 character chunks, for input into a database. I see a lot of string functions in DTML, but none that looks like it will do this.. I'm hoping to use this as a workaround for the seeming

[Zope] Re: Zope / DCOracle / ZOracleDA / Oracle 7.3.3 crash/respawn problem

2000-11-21 Thread Chris Beaumont
Ayhan, **Thank you** Actually, my drivers were compiled against 8.1.6.1 (on Linux) too, and I'm communicating with an Oracle 7.3.3 database (on a separate Solaris box). Could that be part of the problem? I don't think there was an Oracle 7 for Linux. Are there some settings I could change to

Re: [Zope] Zope / DCOracle / ZOracleDA / Oracle 7.3.3 crash/respawn problem

2000-11-21 Thread Chris Beaumont
in awhile, do you think it could be some kind of cache issue? It doesn't seem to happen when a database access isn't involved. Back to the drawing board.. Thank you for your help, though.. Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dieter Maurer wrote: Chris Beaumont writes: I am using the most recent versions

[Zope] Zope / DCOracle / ZOracleDA / Oracle 7.3.3 crash/respawn problem

2000-11-20 Thread Chris Beaumont
to this project. Thank you, Chris Beaumont [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope

[Zope] Re:GoLive

2000-11-01 Thread Chris Beaumont
Hmmm... I don't know if this would apply..but..there *is* a howto on a method to allow requests for index.html tobe redirected to index_html. Basically the executive summary is that methods named as the various possible choices (index.html, index.htm, index.HTML, etc.) containing the single

[Zope] Displaying non-start values as the first batch seen in a batchprocessing dtml-inprocessing dtml-in

2000-10-26 Thread Chris Beaumont
that contains the item whose datetime value is the next one occurring after the current time. Dtml-in doesn't seem to have a straightforward way to do this, unless I'm overlooking something obvious. Does a solution to this occur to anyone? Thank you. Chris Beaumont [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Zope] Is there a tool for pretty-formatting/indenting DTML code?

2000-10-25 Thread Chris Beaumont
I've been working with Zope for a bit now and I love it. However, a few of the tools I'm used to having with other scripting tools are missing in the Zope realm.. One thing I would very much like to have is a script that could go through a long DTML document and pretty-format the code, not

[Zope] ZODB editing options via FTP/webdav, and 2 design questions

2000-09-12 Thread Chris Beaumont
;design" related question.. Does Zope provide a method to use a resizable clear-gif spacer image? I like to use them to fix the minimum size of table cells and enforce a "grid". What's the best way of doing this in Zope? Thank you. Chris Beaumont [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

[Zope] Date-Time or SQL (Oracle) time.. or...

2000-09-05 Thread Chris Beaumont
Hello, Another newbie question that I hope doesn't sound too stupid.. (I guess I already know the answer to that question.. it DOES... *sheepish grin*) Have a little patience with me, I'm learning things and having fun, so in a month or three... *sigh* Anyway I have some questions

[Zope] Automatic creation of searchable documents from Oracle DB tables

2000-08-27 Thread Chris Beaumont
Title: Automatic creation of searchable documents from Orac Hi Kapil, (and fellow Zopatistas) Well, it's been difficult, but I finally feel as if I'm on the verge or understanding this a bit better.. Thank you for taking the time to explain this. I would think, it's a fairly simple thing I'm

Re: [Zope] How do I create a folder full of virtual DTML objectsfrom records in a database records in a database

2000-08-24 Thread Chris Beaumont
ing it out from scratch Thank you "R. David Murray" wrote: On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Chris Beaumont wrote: I need to take rows in an SQL database table, and create one or several nested folders of web pages out of them.. I'd suggest checking out the ZSQL Methods manual,

[Zope] Zope product to build meta-tags?

2000-08-24 Thread Chris Beaumont
Are there any Zope products that automate the meta-tag process for HTML documents? Thanks Chris Beaumont [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding

[Zope] What's the best way to go from Zope to Oracle time and back..

2000-08-18 Thread Chris Beaumont
Total newbie question here.. The subject line says it all.. What's the best way to go from Zope to Oracle time and back? I would like to store the "beef" of my data in Oracle tables, and "instantiate" Zope objects from those tables.. Obviously this will require going back and forth between

[Zope] ZOracleDA problem

2000-08-16 Thread Chris Beaumont
Hello, Ive successfully compiled the DCOracle package and then moved the compiled modules to the DCOracle directory of ZOracleDA, and now the DA shows up as non-broken in my Zope installation.. However, when I try to add a ZOracleDA connection object to my Zope website, I get a "this document

[Zope] Zope on Linux, Oracle on another machine (Solaris) what to do?

2000-08-12 Thread Chris Beaumont
Hello, Newbie question here... Thank you for any and all help... The subject line says it all.. What's the best way to connect an instance of Zope running on a Linux box to an instance of Oracle 7.3 running on a Solaris box in the same subnet... As far as I can tell, the OracleDA seems

Re: [Zope] Kinterbasdb

2000-06-27 Thread Chris Beaumont
write up a HowTO? Thank you. Chris Beaumont David Trudgett wrote: At 2000-06-23 11:40 -0700, you wrote: Hello.. I hope this isn't asking too much... Can someone who has successfully compiled Kinterbasdb for use with Zope make non-programmer-friendly information on how to compile

[Zope] What are the best general books on Object Oriented designprinciples?principles?

2000-05-30 Thread Chris Beaumont
The subject line says it.. What are the best general books on Object Oriented software and database design principles? I'm just starting out, and have no other programming experience to unlearn..(which I have heard is a GoodThing (tm) ) What would you suggest as a good place to start?