hy i installed the mysqldb sucessfully (just exactly like the howto on http://www.zope.org/Members/alanpog/zmysqlda_steps explains) and checked all version numbers. i restarted zope and the Product ZMySQLDA is not broken then i want to make a database connection with the z_mysql_database_connection i type as connection string: database user password and get the following result: invalid connection string: Traceback (innermost last): File /usr/local/Zope-2.1.4-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 214, in publish_module File /usr/local/Zope-2.1.4-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 179, in publish File /usr/local/Zope-2.1.4-src/lib/python/Zope/__init__.py, line 202, in zpublisher_exception_hook (Object: ElementWithAttributes) File /usr/local/Zope-2.1.4-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 165, in publish File /usr/local/Zope-2.1.4-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/mapply.py, line 160, in mapply (Object: addConnection) File /usr/local/Zope-2.1.4-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 102, in call_object (Object: addConnection) File /usr/local/Zope-2.1.4-src/lib/python/Products/ZMySQLDA/DA.py, line 123, in addConnection (Object: ElementWithAttributes) File /usr/local/Zope-2.1.4-src/lib/python/Shared/DC/ZRDB/Connection.py, line 129, in __init__ (Object: RoleManager) File /usr/local/Zope-2.1.4-src/lib/python/Shared/DC/ZRDB/Connection.py, line 158, in edit (Object: RoleManager) File /usr/local/Zope-2.1.4-src/lib/python/Shared/DC/ZRDB/Connection.py, line 227, in connect (Object: RoleManager) File /usr/local/Zope-2.1.4-src/lib/python/Products/ZMySQLDA/db.py, line 155, in __init__ BadRequest: (see above) what am i doing wrong ? please if u have had the same problem or know the answer send me an email thank u in advance Helmut Ahninger helmut@jouh.at