[Zope-DB] Can't connect to MySQL database

[Kolari S. Bhat]

Martin Gebert wrote:

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> Kolari S. Bhat schrieb:
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>> I have the following setup:
>> RedHat Linux 7.3
>> Zope 2-6-0 installed and working.
>> MySQL 4.0.4 installed from RPM; tested, works.
>> ZMySQLDA installed from ZMySQLDA-2.0.7.linux-i686.tar.gz
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> Did you install the MySQLdb (Python adapter for MySQL), too?
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> <http://www.zope.org/Members/adustman/Products/MySQLdb> 

As I understand, ZMySQLDA-2.0.7.linux-i686.tar.gz already includes 
MySQL-python module.  The later version (2.0.8) showed
 a dependancy for libmysqlclient_r.so.10.  I wasn't sure about this 
dependancy; therefore stayed with version 2.0.7.

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> BTW, current is ZMySQLDA 2.0.8...
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>> Do I need to change ownership of /var/lib/mysql? If so what sort of 
>> ownership should this directory have?
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> Not that I know of. Can you connect with this connection parameters 
> from the MySQL client (executed from a shell as normal user)?
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> Martin
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Yes, from console, as normal user, I am able to select 'test' database.

Kolari