Hi Shane and Jo, thanks for the input about adding users to mysql. But still I cannot get ape running with mysql getting the same error. So my questions are: 1. Do I need to add a Z MySQL Database Connection in the root or somewhere else or does ape add one by default? 2. If so what are the required parameters (id, user, password) if any? An example would be fine. 3. What has to be setup in the zope.conf concerning the mysql database? Something like: connect(db='ape' , user=?, password=?) May be a small explicit example would clear any doubt. With the setup below I can add a Z MySQL Database Connection with connectionstring 'ape myuser mypassword' , connect to the db 'ape' and querying a table 'test'. I do see a sql link in Control Panel -> Database Management but get the previous error when I click on that. The same happens if I try to add a ZODB MountPoint. -- any hint what to do next would be nice, Elena Up to now I have the following setup in the mysql-db: - db 'ape' created - added record in mysql.user with all permissions set to 'Y' Host User Password localhost % <empty> - added record in mysql.db with all permissions set to 'Y' Host Db User localhost ape % - add sql-section to zope.conf: # Sebi: added Ape-MySQL storage <ape-db sql> <ape-storage> mapper-variation sql <ape-dbapi-connection db> connection-class apelib.sql.dbapi.MySQLConnection module-name MySQLdb connect-expression connect(db='ape') </ape-dbapi-connection> </ape-storage> mount-point /sql </ape-db>