[ZODB-Dev] Accessing Plone through ZEO back door?

[Paul Winkler]

On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 02:23:46AM -0400, Kirby Urner wrote:
> In the above script, because I've configured zope.conf to connect to a 
> Data.fs via zeo,
> am I now creating a second zeo client within the Python interpreter?

yes.

> Is app much
> like a clone of the original zope instance -- it shares the same Data.fs 
> (same ZODB),
> but is here exposed within Python instead of to a browser through the ZMI?

yes. it doesn't run zserver, but that's the only big difference
AFAIK.
 
> My original understanding was I could not attach an external Python 
> interpreter to an
> already-running Zope instance *unless* I made both of these clients of 
> zeo (some
> Medusa thing was an alternative). I'm thinking Zeo is what enables me to 
> plug
> multiple clients into the same ZODB (in this case, Zope and an external 
> Python
> script or shell, running another instance of Zope).

yes.

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Paul Winkler
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