[Zope] name of top object in ZDB?

Wade Leftwich wade@okaynetwork.com
Thu, 25 Mar 1999 06:14:27 -0500


> I'm trying to put together an External Method that needs to operate 
> on several different objects within the ZDB (a/k/a ZODB, BoboPOS).
> 
> How do I specify an object ID and retrieve the relevant object? sorry to
> be obtuse, but I can't find an example anyplace. In the online 
docs

If I have a URL like '/manny/moe/jack', I know that from within the 
top-level object, I can retrieve the object 'jack' as 'manny.moe.jack'.

But if the context is jack, how do I specify the top level so I can 
talk about manny?

Wade Leftwich
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