There are three steps to get MySQL working with zope 1. download and install http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python mysql-python, this will ensure that python can talk to mysql 2. download and install again from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python zmysqlda 2.0.7, make sure you install this in your zope directory 3. restart your zope server things to watch out for: 1. when you build mysql-python, ensure you edit the setup.py file, you will have couple of lines which: elif sys.platform in ("freebsd4", "freebsdRELENG_4_2001_03_07"): include_dirs = ['/usr/local/include/mysql'] library_dirs = ['/usr/local/lib/mysql'] libraries = [mysqlclient, "z"] runtime_library_dirs = [] extra_objects = [] change the freebsd4, or add an additional entry for the kernel name or build name of your freebsd box, and make sure you know where you have installed your mysql include_dirs and library_dirs. Once you have installed this you can check from your python command prompt, by:

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import MySQLdb

If this works then you should be able to connect zope to mysql by adding it from your pull-down menu and creating a ZMySQL Database Connection note that if you are using python 1.5, then you will need to install Distutils, as this is required to build the mysql-python , better still you should be working with python 2.1 as zope 2.4 will be based on this. hth norman -----Original Message----- From: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of Gustavo Vieira Goncalves Coelho Rios Sent: 30 June 2001 23:10 To: zope@zope.org Subject: [Zope] mysql How may i make zope access MySQL database? -- It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles. _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )