[Zope] Zope and MySQL on Windows

Dirk Datzert dirk.datzert@tks-rasselstein.thyssenkrupp.com
Sat, 02 Nov 2002 16:52:59 +0100


Hi Greg,

> and I *think* I am ready to create a project.  Then I read the the
> creators of Zope do not reccommend using MySQL with Zope on a Windows

Do they meant MySQL with Zope on the same Windows box ?
But why Windows ? We use always Linux for such a project.

> box.  Rats!  So...
>    1.  Is this still sound advice?
>    2.  If so, what other Open Source Database is out there.  I really

PostGreSQL is also a open source I think.

> would like data/time data types, so that would leave Gadfly out,
> right?  Plus. my database is getting fairly large (~5 Meg), so I'm not
> sure I want to load it all in memory.

5 MB is not big !

Regards,
Dirk