Re: [Zope-dev] Product Data Storage

2000-06-30 Thread Steve Alexander
Andy Dawkins wrote: > > So my question is this: > What are peoples opinions on storing shared product data? Where should it > be placed? Should this ability be added to Zope as a standard? > So, this would be the zope equivalent of the unix "/etc/" directory? Perhaps you could have "etc (Pro

Re: [Zope-dev] Product Data Storage

2000-06-30 Thread Josh Zeidner
You should look into using ZCatalog for this purpose. -josh zeidner >I have an interesting issue which I don't think has been raised. But >instead of solving the issue myself I thought I would share it with you >guys/gals and see what you think. > >I am currently working on a Zope MailIn pr

RE: [Zope-dev] Product Data Storage

2000-06-30 Thread Andy Dawkins
>You should look into using ZCatalog for this purpose. OK - that is a solution that could solve my particular issue, but where would you put it? Would you put it in the Product folder, or in some common place in the ZODB. How would you create it originally? In the products __init__.py or by some

RE: [Zope-dev] Product Data Storage

2000-06-30 Thread Andy Dawkins
Dan wrote: >Shared data should go in zope/var, or a subdirectory of that. >Zope/lib should be considered read-only by running products unless >explicitly changed by the user. As you have correctly pointed out, >lots of machines share Zope installations for multiple servers. > >A standard interfac

RE: [Zope-dev] Product Data Storage

2000-06-30 Thread Loren Stafford
, June 30, 2000 07:02 > To: Josh Zeidner; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Zope-dev] Product Data Storage > > > >You should look into using ZCatalog for this purpose. > > OK - that is a solution that could solve my particular issue, but where > would you put it? Would you p

Re: [Zope-dev] Product Data Storage

2000-06-30 Thread Chris Withers
Loren Stafford wrote: > In that case we decided to put the Schedule in the root folder. There is no > more global data than the catalog itself, but if there were it could be > stored in the catalog folder, since catalogs are folderish. Hmm, this is messy. Could the Catalog not be stored in your c

RE: [Zope-dev] Product Data Storage

2000-06-30 Thread Loren Stafford
I haven't thought much about this; I just followed mj's original design. Maybe there was some reason for this decision. Any comment Martijn? -- Loren > > Loren Stafford wrote: > > In that case we decided to put the Schedule in the root folder. > There is no > > more global data than the catalog

Re: [Zope-dev] Product Data Storage

2000-07-03 Thread Martijn Pieters
On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 12:48:54PM -0700, Loren Stafford wrote: > I haven't thought much about this; I just followed mj's original design. > Maybe there was some reason for this decision. Any comment Martijn? > > Loren Stafford wrote: > > > In that case we decided to put the Schedule in the root

Re: [Zope-dev] Product Data Storage

2000-07-03 Thread Monty Taylor
Just my $0.02 worth... If you can at all avoid it, I think you should find a way to store it in the ZODB. Maybe a Configuration product that would allow you to create arbitrary configuration information and still be able to access it without making filesystem calls. Think about DC's Zope on

RE: [Zope-dev] Product Data Storage

2000-07-06 Thread Andy Dawkins
>If you can at all avoid it, I think you should find a way to store it in >the ZODB. Ultimatley thats what I am aiming for >Maybe a Configuration product that would allow you to create arbitrary >configuration information and still be able to access it without making >filesystem calls. Think abo