[Zope] Does Zope 2.7 support MySQL?

[Frank Rocco]

Thanks for the reply.
I'll try 2.7, as I just started and have only two sql apps written using 
DTML.

I managed to get MySQL to work in 2.7, but had to remove a line of python 
code from db.py

Regards,

Frank Rocco
farocco at hotmail.com





>From: Casey Duncan <casey at zope.com>
>To: "Frank Rocco" <farocco at hotmail.com>
>CC: zope at zope.org
>Subject: Re: [Zope] Does Zope 2.7 support MySQL?
>Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 09:43:14 -0500
>
>On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 08:49:39 -0500
>"Frank Rocco" <farocco at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks, I think I was using the wrong version for 2.7
> >
> > also, should we be using 2.7 and moving away form 2.6.4?
>
>There's no right answer to this question. I would suggest that if you
>are early enough in your development and can benefit from the features
>of Zope 2.7, switch to it. Traditionally we only maintain two major
>versions of Zope (currently 2.6 and 2.7), so when 2.8 lands that
>probably means the end-of-life for 2.6.
>
>If you are deployed on 2.6 or quite nearly there, then stick with it
>unless a feature of 2.7 is compelling enough to warrant it. 2.7 is
>already in use in Production and has been for some time, however 2.6 has
>been in production much longer and by many more people and more people
>are familiar with it.
>
>Another issue is Python versions. Both 2.6.4 and 2.7 can run under
>Python 2.3.3. Only Zope 2.6.4 can run under Python 2.1, so if you have a
>component that cannot yet run on the latest Python, that could make 2.6
>more attractive.
>
>hth,
>
>-Casey