[Zope-dev] Using Zope from a console script

I tried (successfully) to play with Zope objects with console scripts using the hints in $ZOPEROOT/doc/ZODB.txt Unfortunately, it works only if the Zope server is down. I need to run this script on a running server, and I'd prefer not using xmlrpc stuffs for a better efficiency. Any hint, config, examples ? Thanks in advance --Gilles