Hi All, I installed zope in my machine and testing and learning with small test programs for database access. when I try to open a ZMySQL connection with the commands as Id : MySQL_database_connection Title : Z MySQL Database Connection Connection String : testdb bala testpassword and then when I press add I am getting the error as Error Type: OperationalError Error Value: (2002, "Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)") I am using OS : Linux 7.1 (kernel 2.4.2) Zope : Zope-2.5.1 python : python-2.1.3 mysql : mysq-3.23.49 ZMySQLDA : ZMySQLDA-2.0.7 ZODBCDA : ZODBCDA-3.1.0b1 pls help me find out the reason for this error, I am new to zope. Thanks in anticipation, Bala. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com