I am trying to take user input in a form and save it.
I have created the form.
http://pastebin.com/BygpFmms
The data is in the dictionary called data in the action handler.
Now how to save the data in ZODB?
If the data to be stored is defined as a schema of your current context object then you can use
context.some_attr = value
or
setattr(context, 'some_attr', value)
If you need to store arbitrary data that is not defined in any way through a schema, use annotation storage
http://docs.plone.org/develop/plone/misc/annotations.html
-aj
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Slighly off topic, but often it is possible to use Formgen ( or collective.easyform) without having to program anything. For example Formgen has adapters to save data, add content, mail input etc.
http://docs.plone.org/working-with-content/managing-content/ploneformgen/index.html
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