One possible reason your having so many problems could be the change of Python Version?? I'm not sure about this, but in your situation I would certainly check... I have only used the MySQLda and ZMySQL database products but when you install the MySQLda for python you have to compile it using python setup.py build and so on... Of course this assumes that the python you want to use is called python, in my case its called python2.1. If you are having major problems with things that compile, I'd check how your python versions are configured and make sure that your using the correct version... Other than that, well, I'm sure someone who knows more of zope will have more ideas :-) Good luck ChrisK