[Zope] Mini-HOWTO: Zope + MySQL under Windows

[Derek Simkowiak]

-> [if you don't have a C compiler:]

	This was my predicament.  I haven't installed Cygwin on this
laptop.


-> [5]. Try to install MySQL-python (filename "MySQL-python-0.9.1.win32-py2.1.exe")
-> [6]. Copy the MySQL-python files from your Python 2.1.2 installation
-> into your Zope installation's lib\python.
-> [7]. Start Zope.

	This is what I did.  I just wrote the steps up as I discovered 
them, including my reasonings :)


-> I can not build MySQL-python for Windows, let alone make an installer; I
-> have neither the tools nor the inclination to do so. If someone thinks
-> they can make a better installer then please contact me.

	I would like to see MySQL-python packaged and included with the 
MySQLDA.  This has some key advantages:

1. Easier installation (esp. for the Windows version!)
2. More stable, maintainable, and easier to troubleshoot, as you always
know EXACTLY what version of MySQL-python the user is running MySQLDA 
against.
3. Less documentation/external links/yet-another-website for the User to 
visit

	The drawback is a potentially small bit of wasted hard-drive space
on the enduser's machine (if they need to have MySQL-python both under the
Zope install, as well as in their full Python install.)

	Alternatively, I would like the MySQL-python Windows installer to
let me specify a directory, whether or not it "recognizes"  that directory
as a full-fledged Python install dir.


--Derek