[Zope3-dev] Getting a database context from a resource

[Stephan Richter]

On Thursday 04 November 2004 22:33, Peter Mayne wrote:
> Inside my dynamic resource, I need to access the Zope database to
> retrieve some data. However, since I'm in a resource, I don't have a
> context to traverse the database from.
>
> How do I get to the database without a starting point? All of the
> traverse methods I can find require an object/context to start from.

You can always get the active site using zapi.getSite() (trunk). If you need a 
more specific context, then your resource is not really a resource, but a 
view.

Regards,
Stephan
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