[Zope] portability of Zope applications

[Dieter Maurer]

A. Giacomelli writes:
 > 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.
You already have been told about "import/export".

Besides, "ZSyncher" may help you, too.

 > 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 ?
It is no problem from Zope's point of view!

However, there are SQL differences between the various database
vendors.


Dieter