[Zope] - ODBC and zope on NT

[Vincent Joseph]

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:
> > 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
> 
> > 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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