[Zope] Installing MySQL on Windows

[Rik Hoekstra]

> 
> 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.

Hm, as long as you work with the bundled python, there is a simple
solution to getting MySQLDA working on windows and that is to download
the MySQL-python-0.9.2.win32-py2.1.exe and *not* install it with the
installer, but open it with winzip and extract to your
<zopehome>\bin\Lib directory.
If you like to do it nicely, move the _mysql.pyd file to the
<zopehome>\bin\DLL directory and all should work without problem. That
will save you the trouble of making a separate ODBC connection for each
mysql database you want Zope to talk to.


hth

Rik Hoekstra