Hi Michael, tough its Sunday and you are probably in church and not able to read this answer here is what I did the other day: Software needed: - python 1.5 http://www.python.org/1.5/ - distutils http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/download.html - MySQLdb http://www.zope.org/Members/adustman/Products/MySQLdb - ZMySQLDA http://www.zope.org/Members/adustman/Products/ZMySQLDA - Visual Studio or any other C++ compiler (have done it only with VS) - If you have no Python yet installed next to the one in zope do so. This might not be necessary. Maybe distutils can also be use with Zope's python installation. I just have not done so. - Install the distutils. If you have more than one version of Python installed you will be asked into which one. - Install MySQLdb. A directory MySQL-python-0.9.0 will be created. Change to it. - load _mysql.c into an editor. Delete all \n between line 193 and line 211. (otherwise VS generates a ton of errors) - Issue the command python setup.py build. Make sure the Python V1.5.2 is called! If not add path to the command line. - Issue the command python setup.py install --prefix k:\Programmme\Zope where the Prefix must point to your Zope installation. - Install ZMySQLDA That's it. If you have a question, I am happy to try to answer. Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Sullivan" <johnnygaruda@yahoo.com> To: <zope@zope.org> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 4:42 AM Subject: [Zope] A tale of two systems....
Is there an up-to-date, cogent, step by step information on hooking up a MySQL database to Zope in Windows?
The documentation I have seen is Linux-centric in a rather dogmatic fashion. While I use and love Linux at home, at work i must use Windows. We are currently testing several possible application tools - ColdFusion, PHP4 and hopefully Zope. ColdFusion and PHP4 are up and running but even after screwing around for a whole day I can't access a MySQL database with Zope. It's quite frustrating as the Zope "concept" is quite attractive. However, it is quite arcane install-wise on the Windows platform and very poorly documented in comparison to the other products when it comes to database setup.
By contrast, I got MySQL on Zope up and running on my Debian Gnu Linux machine at home with one apt-get command, walked away for a few minutes and there it was, ready to use...
Now, is this a comment on Windows vs Linux or on the quality of installation / implementation on the Windows side of Zope?
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