[Zope] mysql-python and zope - problem with python.exe version

[Rik Hoekstra]

Justin Robertson wrote:

> I have been trying to install ZMySQLDA on Zope version 2.6.2 on Win2k. 
> To do this you need MySQL-Python installed over the same Python 
> interpreter that Zope uses. I have Python 2.3 installed, as well as Zope 
> (which has its own Python 2.1 interpreter).
> 
> So I had the option of installing MySQL-Python over the 2.1 Zope 
> interpreter, or putting it in the 2.3 directory and having the 2.3 
> version of Python.exe run Zope.
> 
> However, I can't seem to do either. The MySQL-Python installation 
> requires at least a Python 2.3 installation, so I can't install it over 
> the Zope version, and if I start Zope with the 2.3 interpreter I get an 
> error saying "Module use of Python21.dll conflicts with this version of 
> Python".
> 

downloading the 2.1 version of MySQL-Python and installing it in your 
zope-bundled python lib directory should work. One remark: do not use 
the binary installer, but unpack the library directly (for instance with 
Winzip - it will unpack the .exe without problems)

hth

Rik Hoekstra