[Zope] portability of Zope applications

[Jerome Alet]

On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, A. Giacomelli wrote:

> 1- assuming I have 2 Zope servers, one for development and one for
> deployment: is it possible to port all stuff made in one folder with
> installation 1 in installation 2 ? ...I would imagine a utility to
> 'pack' all objects and unpack them in another installation.

Check the 'Import/Export' button at the bottom of the management screen

> 2- as to database connectivity (I am used to PHP, where with PHPlib I
> can write PHP which is portable to setups using different servers).
> 
> Does the same apply to Zope ? I.e. if I am using ODBC/Access in my
> 'prototype', and Oracle in my full-blown application, is it sufficient
> to have a connection ID with the same name to insure portability ?

Should work just fine, but I've not tested it.

bye,

Jerome Alet