Paul, Thanks. That worked well. The WinZip was configured as a "wizard" (or something) and I had to switch to "classic". These windows programs are rather interesting!! (the "wizard" could'nt do it, but "classic" could ? ) thanks again, -v Paul Everitt wrote:

Vincent wrote:

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On Zope(NT service)/IIS/NT I cannot find a place to add a Zope SQL Database Connection (when I try to add a Zope SQL Method it asks me for a SQL connection). I read the Aqueduct users guide, and it stated that I should find a "Add Aqueduct xxxx(=ODBC) Connection" under Add. This is not there. Will this only appear if I install the ZODBCDA?

Yes.

Here's the idea: SQL Methods are database independent. You point them at an object that is connected to a database -- a Database Connetion.

For ODBC, double click on the ZODBCDA tar.gz file and tell WinZip to extract it into your Zope directory. It will create some directories under lib/python/Products.

When you shut down and restart your Zope site (via the Control Panel), voila, you can add a Database Connection object to a Folder. All you have to do then is select something you have defined in the Windows Control Panel's ODBC setup as an ODBC source.

When you add an ODBC DA

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The ZODBCDA file is a tar.gz file - is this for Unix only? I usually work in Unix and this is not usually a problem - however I am on NT for a short time, and am not sure/familiar with tar or gz for NT. And I am trying out zope on NT/IIS. If the ZODBCA file is for NT as well, could you please point me to some utilities, or provide a .zip or .exe.

WinZip can nicely handle tar.gz files (some versions require a little help with telling it the tar file is .tar instead of _tar).

--Paul

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