-> [if you don't have a C compiler:] This was my predicament. I haven't installed Cygwin on this laptop. -> [5]. Try to install MySQL-python (filename "MySQL-python-0.9.1.win32-py2.1.exe") -> [6]. Copy the MySQL-python files from your Python 2.1.2 installation -> into your Zope installation's lib\python. -> [7]. Start Zope. This is what I did. I just wrote the steps up as I discovered them, including my reasonings :) -> I can not build MySQL-python for Windows, let alone make an installer; I -> have neither the tools nor the inclination to do so. If someone thinks -> they can make a better installer then please contact me. I would like to see MySQL-python packaged and included with the MySQLDA. This has some key advantages: 1. Easier installation (esp. for the Windows version!) 2. More stable, maintainable, and easier to troubleshoot, as you always know EXACTLY what version of MySQL-python the user is running MySQLDA against. 3. Less documentation/external links/yet-another-website for the User to visit The drawback is a potentially small bit of wasted hard-drive space on the enduser's machine (if they need to have MySQL-python both under the Zope install, as well as in their full Python install.) Alternatively, I would like the MySQL-python Windows installer to let me specify a directory, whether or not it "recognizes" that directory as a full-fledged Python install dir. --Derek