[Zope] python script, from string to dictionary.

[Chris Withers]

sguglia at arrows.it wrote:
> I 'serialized' mysql data in order to flat one-to-many related tables. the 
> resulting dictionaries (one per record) are i.e. as:
> 
> mydict [ brandcode ] =
> {
> 'itemcode': 'some value',
> 'itemsizeavail':
> [
> ('XL',),
> ('XXL',),
> ('S',)
> ],
> 'keythree': '',
> 'keyfour': [ ],
> ...
> }
> 
> now then I can index the whole content in order to get it searchable from the 
> Plone quick search form.

This is more than a little insane...

> mydict [ ] records are then saved as strings in a DB table records.

?!

cheers,

Chris

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