For me, the RPM did not work-- it installed, but to the wrong python (1.5), and despite my efforts to include that in the PYTHONPATH, zope would not see it. No luck at all with the 2.2 version of Python. I ended up building MySQL-python from scratch, and after resolving a library issue around zlib-devel, all is now working. Thanks to everyone for being so helpful. I do have a question-- why is ZMySQLDA not part of the Zope core? It seems a very common task to want to connect MySQL to Zope on either Linux or Windows. I gave up trying on Windows, and use the ODBC adapter instead (with MyODBC), which fortunatly, seems to work well. Harlow Pinson Indepth Learning Email: hpinson@indepthl.com Web: http://www.indepthl.com Voice: 505-994-2135 FAX: 208-475-7678