[Zope] questions before I get started

[Lennart Regebro]

From: "Raymond Norton" <ray@lctn.k12.mn.us>
> The answer came back to use Zope. Before I spend a bunch of time on this I
> would like to know if this is the right tool , and how in-depth of an
> understanding I will need to produce such a thing.

It' probably the right tool. It almost always is. :-)
Zope does have a rather steep lurning cuve, but it's worth it. Don't give up
yet. :-)

From: "flynt" <flynt@gmx.ch>

> For experimenting with databases you even have the possibilty to play
> with *Gadfly*, a relational test-database which comes with your Zope
> distribution. Gadfly does only exist in memory, nothing is written on
> disk and so it is a quick and good learning tool. Database adapters are
> available then for all major databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle,
> Sybase, ODBC and so on.

Pleas note that you don't need to use any of these to make a database with
Zope. Unless you need to store things in a relational database just store
the data within the Zope objects, and index them with the ZCatalog. No need
to impose the restrictions of relational data unelss you have to. :-)