Installing MySQLdb and ZMySQLDA for Zope in Windows 2000/Windows XP

Installing MySQLdb and ZMySQLDA for Zope in Windows 2000/Windows XP

updated 8/31/07 Zope2.10.4-and-MySQL5.0.45-Windows.zip (874 k)
This zip archive contains all files necessary to connect Zope -> Python -> MySQL in Windows 2000/Windows XP (32 bit).
Included readme.txt:

August 31, 2007

Versions these files **APPEARED** to work with (see DISCLAIMER below):

    Zope 2.10.4
    MySQL 5.0.45

Other combinations, more recent versions, past versions, etc. of the
above, below, and included files may be preferable.  I have no idea.
These files worked for me.  Your mileage may vary.  See the disclaimer
below.  

I'm putting these instructions online with all the files in one place
because there is little to no documentation available on connecting 
Zope to MySQL in Windows XP.  (Though it has gotten easier - four years
ago it was almost impossible for a Windows user without a Unix
background.)

I hope someone will find the following useful.

-- INSTALLATION

1.  Shutdown Zope if running. 


2.  Copy the directory and files

    MySQLdb
    _mysql.pyd
    _mysql.exceptions.pyc
    _mysql.exceptions.pyo

    to the lib/python/ directory inside your Zope instance.

    In a generic default install of Zope the location will be:
    C:\Zope\Instance\2.10.4\lib\python\

    MySQLdb (MySQL for Python) 1.2.2 allows Python to access MySQL using
    the Python DB API 2.0 syntax.  This version of MySQLdb uses Python
    2.4.  (The version of Python installed by the Zope 2.10.4 installer
    is 2.4.4.)  Older/newer versions of Python (2.3, etc.) will not work 
    with these files, but a version of MySQLdb which does is available from
    the sourceforge link below.
    
    (Source:  http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python )


3.  Copy the directory 
   
    ZMySQLDA 
   
    to the Products/ directory inside your Zope instance.

    In a generic default install of Zope the location will be:
    C:\Zope\Instance\2.10.4\Products

    This is the database adaptor used inside Zope. (ZMySQLDA 2.0.9b3)

    (Source:  http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python )


4.  Restart Zope.

    Upon starting Zope you will see a few depreciation warnings.  These
    are no cause for alarm, however ZMySQLDA will apparently need to be
    updated to work with Zope versions 2.11 and above.

    If the database adaptor is installed correctly, the item Z MySQL 
    Database Connection should be available in the "add" dropdown list
    and ZMySQLDA should be listed in the collapsable Products menu
    (under Control Panel) in the left frame.   

    You probably need to have installed MySQL and created at least 1 
    database to add the connection object.  The connection string is

        database user password

    or if there is no user/password simply

        database
     
    Click on the connection object to "browse" the database items or enter
    "test" SQL queries.  If you can browse the database and successfully
    enter SQL instructions, the connection between Zope and MySQL **MAY**
    be complete.  (See below.)

--  FINISHED 

Huge-ass DISCLAIMER:  These files/instructions *APPEARED* to work for me. 
Your mileage may vary.  I guarantee nothing.  NOTHING.  Use this at your 
own risk, your computer may explode, I am not responsible, if you listen
to me you're an idiot, etc. etc.

Aaron Maupin
maupin@pastrytech.com
August 31, 2007

Previous versions of these files, which worked with Zope 2.9.1 and MySQL 5.0, and perhaps other combinations, are available here.
Even older versions of these files, which worked with Zope 2.6.2 and MySQL 4.0.15, and perhaps other combinations, are available here.
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