[Zope] Zope and MySQL on Windows

fritz fritz@floSoft.net
Sat, 2 Nov 2002 19:25:03 +0100


i use a python application which stores (web)objects to relational DB (=mySQL)

two installations running on win98SE and win2k - each using zope and the DB 
on the same machine

i can say it works fine
(i don't have much workload on it)


<hth>

fritz
(-:fs)


Am Samstag, 2. November 2002 16:41 erhalten:
> Greetings-
> I have a fairly mature Python application which uses MySQL for the
> database.  I would like to switch over from a single machine application to
> a web based app (and maybe even make some money!!), and thought Zope would
> be the logical choice.  The past 2 weeks have had me running through the
> examples in the Zope book and the Zope "Bible", 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 box.  Rats!  So... 1.  Is this still
> sound advice?
>    2.  If so, what other Open Source Database is out there.  I really 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.
>
> Thanks for any advice you can supply!
> Greg Lindstrom
> Vilonia, Arkansas