[Zope] Newbie unable MySQL connection string

Tony.McDonald@newcastle.ac.uk Tony.McDonald@newcastle.ac.uk
Thu, 23 Sep 1999 05:02:54 +0100 (BST)


> 
> I installed MySQL on Win NT…it went smoothly thanks to
> Phip Harris’s very clear How-To
> (http://zope.org:18200/Members/philh/mysql)
> 
> 
> In the folder I’m trying to use the “Z MySQL Database
> Connection” function to create a connection. It
> fails…rejecting my connection string. The Zope server
> is named SERV3. I’m using the UserName and Password
> that I use to log on to the server. (All of the
> conection string parameters refer to traits on the
> server, none refer to my remote client PC, right?)
> 
> Below are some unsuccessful connection strings.
> 
> Suggestions welcome!
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> MySQL@SERV3 UserName UserPW

this should work if the database you want to use is called MySQL


tone