[Zope-dev] ZPatterns + Skinscript

Joachim Schmitz js@aixtraware.de
Mon, 30 Oct 2000 13:54:53 +0100 (CET)


On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Steve Spicklemire wrote:

> 
> Hi Joachim,
> 
>    rackList just refers to the racks in the 'racks' tab
> of the Specialist. Do you have any racks defined for 
> this Specialist? The rackList is managed magically 
> with the plug-in-group stuff.
> 
Yes that's what I found too, but it doesn't work, with SQL-database and
SkinScripts, the setup is described below:

> >>>>> "Joachim" == Joachim Schmitz <js@aixtraware.de> writes:
> 
>     Joachim> for debugging I inserted in Specialists.py in getItem:
> 
>     Joachim> return str(self.rackList) <-- inserted for rack in
>     Joachim> self.rackList: item = rack.__of__(self).getItem(key) if
>     Joachim> item is not None: return item
> 
>     Joachim> this alway returns an empty list, when calling it from
>     Joachim> the dtml:
> 
>     Joachim> <dtml-var "getItem(_.int(609))"> returns "[]"
> 
>     Joachim> I tried to follow the magic how this rackList is setup,
>     Joachim> but it is to much python-Zen for me.
> 
>     Joachim> On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Joachim Schmitz wrote:
> 
>     >> On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, Phillip J. Eby wrote:
>     >> 
>     >> > At 05:17 PM 10/28/00 +0200, Joachim Schmitz wrote:
>     >> > >
>     >> > >select e.event_id as event_id > >,e.zeiten as zeiten >
>     >> >,v.firma as firma > >,v.tel as tel > >,e.movie_id as movie_id
>     >> > >,m.movie_title as movie_title > >,m.movie_link as movie_link
>     >> > >,m.movie_text as movie_text > >,e.datum_von as datum_von >
>     >> >,e.datum_bis as datum_bis > >from event as e, veranstalter as
>     >> v, movies as m > >where > >e.event_id = <dtml-sqlvar e_id
>     >> type=int> > >and e.movie_id = m.movie_id and e.veran_id =
>     >> v.veran_id > >order by m.movie_title
>     >> > 
>     >> > Just out of curiosity, why do you have an "order by" clause,
>     >> if this is > supposed to only return one row?  If more than one
>     >> item is returned by this > query, only the first will be used
>     >> to supply data to your DataSkin.
>     >> > 
>     >> that was just left over from an reused query-template, I forgot
>     >> to take it out.
>     >> 
>     >> > 
>     >> > >I also added a SkinScript method as a Data Plug-in in the
>     >> defaultRack like > this
>     >> > >
>     >> > >WITH QUERY readEvents(e_id=self.event_id) COMPUTE
>     >> zeiten,firma,tel > >,movie_id,movie_text,movie_link,movie_title
>     >> > >,datum_von,datum_bis,zeiten
>     >> > 
>     >> > Do you have some way of providing self with an "event_id"
>     >> value?  Keep in > mind that when DataSkins are created, they
>     >> have only an "id" attribute, > nothing else.  So unless you
>     >> have an attribute provider that provides an > "event_id" value,
>     >> this statement will fail.  Perhaps what you actually mean > is:
>     >> > 
>     >> > WITH QUERY readEvents(e_id=self.id) COMPUTE > event_id, >
>     >> zeiten,firma,tel, > movie_id,movie_text,movie_link,movie_title,
>     >> > datum_von,datum_bis,zeiten
>     >> > 
>     >> > Notice that I'm passing self.id to readEvents, and that I've
>     >> added event_id > to the list of attributes retrieved from the
>     >> query.
>     >> > 
>     >> how do I set "self.id" I tried in dtml-method in the
>     >> event-specialist: There is a event_id 609 in the table:
>     >> 
>     >> <dtml-var "getItem(_.int(609))"> returns none or <dtml-var
>     >> "getItem(key=_.int(609))"> returns none
>     >> 
>     >> 
>     >> > 
>     >> > >under the storage tab I selected for:
>     >> > >
>     >> > >Class to use for stored items: ZPatterns:DataSkin and
>     >> > >
>     >> > >Objects are: o stored persistently.  > > x loaded by
>     >> accessing attribute: event_id
>     >> > 
>     >> > This will work fine, if you use the revised SkinScript above.
>     >> You will > probably want to create a ZClass subclass of
>     >> DataSkin at some point to use > instead, so that you can define
>     >> permissions, methods, and so on for your > Event objects.
>     >> > 
>     >> > 
>     >> 

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Joachim Schmitz  

          
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