Thanks for saving me from spinning in circles. I'm already dizzy from getting my mind around ZPT, Python, ZCatalog and ZClasses! :o) I'll give your suggestion a shot later today. Thanks, Tom P. Allred, MCSE, RHCE, CCNA Allred Data Consulting, Inc. 888-381-0611 www.AllredData.com Tom@AllredData.com -----Original Message----- From: hpinson@indepthl.com [mailto:hpinson@indepthl.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:12 AM To: tom@allreddata.com Subject: re: [Zope] Installing MySQL on Windows It's much simpler than that. Use ODBC to connect MySQL to Zope, rather than messing with the Zope native MySQLDA connector, which is somewhat challenging to get working on Windows. Just get the latest MySQL Windows binary installer (currently 4.0.16), install that, and the latest stable MyODBC (3.51). Then get the ZODBCDA Zope Product, untar, install as documented in Products, and restart Zope. The connector should show up on your object menu. Then it's just a matter of adding a connector object and naming the data source. This works really well on Windows. Harlow Pinson Indepth Learning Email: hpinson@indepthl.com Web: http://www.indepthl.com Voice: 505-994-2135 FAX: 208-475-7678