[Zope] Installing MySQL on Windows

[Tom P. Allred]

Thanks for saving me from spinning in circles.  I'm already dizzy from
getting my mind around ZPT, Python, ZCatalog and ZClasses!  :o)  I'll give
your suggestion a shot later today.

Thanks,
Tom P. Allred, MCSE, RHCE, CCNA
Allred Data Consulting, Inc.
888-381-0611
www.AllredData.com
Tom at AllredData.com


-----Original Message-----
From: hpinson at indepthl.com [mailto:hpinson at indepthl.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:12 AM
To: tom at allreddata.com
Subject: re: [Zope] Installing MySQL on Windows


It's much simpler than that.

Use ODBC to connect MySQL to Zope, rather than messing with the Zope
native MySQLDA connector, which is somewhat challenging to get
working on Windows.

Just get the latest MySQL Windows binary installer (currently
4.0.16), install that, and the latest stable MyODBC (3.51).  Then get
the ZODBCDA Zope Product, untar, install as documented in Products,
and restart Zope.  The connector should show up on your object menu.
Then it's just a matter of adding a connector object and naming the
data source.

This works really well on Windows.


Harlow Pinson
Indepth Learning
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