From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 13 11:13:20 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 13 11:13:20 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 13 11:13:20 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 13 11:13:20 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 13 11:13:20 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 13 15:13:53 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 13 15:13:53 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 13 15:13:53 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 13 15:13:53 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 13 15:13:53 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 13 15:21:15 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 13 15:21:15 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 13 15:21:15 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 13 15:21:16 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 13 15:21:16 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 13 16:00:48 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 13 16:00:48 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 13 16:00:48 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 13 16:00:48 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 13 16:00:49 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 13 20:01:39 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 13 20:01:39 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 13 20:01:39 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 13 20:01:39 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 13 20:01:39 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Jan 14 08:02:20 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 14 08:02:20 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Jan 14 08:02:20 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 14 08:02:20 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 14 08:02:20 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Jan 14 12:00:45 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 14 12:00:45 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Jan 14 12:00:45 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 14 12:00:45 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 14 12:00:45 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Jan 14 16:00:44 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 14 16:00:44 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Jan 14 16:00:44 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 14 16:00:44 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 14 16:00:44 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Jan 14 20:00:42 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 14 20:00:42 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Jan 14 20:00:42 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 14 20:00:42 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 14 20:00:42 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Jan 15 08:02:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 15 08:02:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Jan 15 08:02:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 15 08:02:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 15 08:02:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Jan 15 12:00:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 15 12:00:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Jan 15 12:00:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 15 12:00:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 15 12:00:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Jan 15 16:00:44 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 15 16:00:44 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Jan 15 16:00:44 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 15 16:00:44 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 15 16:00:44 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Jan 15 20:00:43 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 15 20:00:44 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Jan 15 20:00:44 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 15 20:00:44 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 15 20:00:44 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Jan 16 08:02:30 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 16 08:02:31 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Jan 16 08:02:31 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 16 08:02:31 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 16 08:02:31 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Jan 16 12:00:48 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 16 12:00:48 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Jan 16 12:00:48 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 16 12:00:48 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 16 12:00:48 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Jan 16 16:00:48 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 16 16:00:48 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Jan 16 16:00:48 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 16 16:00:48 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 16 16:00:48 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Jan 16 20:00:44 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 16 20:00:44 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Jan 16 20:00:44 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 16 20:00:44 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 16 20:00:44 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Jan 17 08:02:32 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 17 08:02:32 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Jan 17 08:02:32 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 17 08:02:32 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 17 08:02:32 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Jan 17 12:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 17 12:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Jan 17 12:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 17 12:01:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 17 12:01:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Jan 17 16:00:50 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 17 16:00:50 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Jan 17 16:00:50 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 17 16:00:50 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 17 16:00:50 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Jan 17 20:00:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 17 20:00:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Jan 17 20:00:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 17 20:00:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 17 20:00:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Jan 18 08:04:16 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Jan 18 08:04:16 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Jan 18 08:04:16 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Jan 18 08:04:16 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Jan 18 08:04:16 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Jan 18 12:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Jan 18 12:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Jan 18 12:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Jan 18 12:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Jan 18 12:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Jan 18 16:01:28 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Jan 18 16:01:28 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Jan 18 16:01:28 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Jan 18 16:01:28 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Jan 18 16:01:28 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Jan 18 20:00:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Jan 18 20:00:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Jan 18 20:00:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Jan 18 20:00:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Jan 18 20:00:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Jan 19 08:04:38 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Jan 19 08:04:38 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Jan 19 08:04:38 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Jan 19 08:04:38 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Jan 19 08:04:38 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Jan 19 12:00:59 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Jan 19 12:00:59 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Jan 19 12:00:59 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Jan 19 12:00:59 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Jan 19 12:00:59 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Jan 19 16:02:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Jan 19 16:02:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Jan 19 16:02:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Jan 19 16:02:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Jan 19 16:02:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Jan 19 20:00:49 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Jan 19 20:00:49 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Jan 19 20:00:49 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Jan 19 20:00:49 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Jan 19 20:00:49 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 20 08:06:49 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 20 08:06:49 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 20 08:06:49 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 20 08:06:49 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 20 08:06:49 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 20 12:02:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 20 12:02:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 20 12:02:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 20 12:02:03 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 20 12:02:03 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 20 16:00:51 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 20 16:00:51 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 20 16:00:51 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 20 16:00:51 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 20 16:00:51 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 20 20:00:47 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 20 20:00:47 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 20 20:00:47 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 20 20:00:47 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 20 20:00:47 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Jan 21 08:03:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 21 08:03:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Jan 21 08:03:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 21 08:03:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 21 08:03:53 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Jan 21 12:01:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 21 12:01:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Jan 21 12:01:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 21 12:01:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 21 12:01:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Jan 21 16:00:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 21 16:00:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Jan 21 16:00:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 21 16:00:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 21 16:00:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Jan 21 20:00:50 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 21 20:00:50 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Jan 21 20:00:50 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 21 20:00:50 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 21 20:00:50 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Jan 22 08:02:45 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 22 08:02:45 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Jan 22 08:02:45 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 22 08:02:45 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 22 08:02:45 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Jan 22 12:00:50 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 22 12:00:50 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Jan 22 12:00:50 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 22 12:00:50 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 22 12:00:50 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Jan 22 16:01:20 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 22 16:01:20 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Jan 22 16:01:20 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 22 16:01:20 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 22 16:01:20 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Jan 22 20:01:15 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 22 20:01:15 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Jan 22 20:01:15 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 22 20:01:15 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 22 20:01:15 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Jan 23 08:02:41 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 23 08:02:41 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Jan 23 08:02:41 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 23 08:02:41 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 23 08:02:41 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Jan 23 12:00:56 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 23 12:00:56 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Jan 23 12:00:56 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 23 12:00:56 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 23 12:00:56 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Jan 23 16:01:46 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 23 16:01:46 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Jan 23 16:01:46 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 23 16:01:46 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 23 16:01:46 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Jan 23 20:00:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 23 20:00:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Jan 23 20:00:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 23 20:00:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 23 20:00:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Jan 24 08:03:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 24 08:03:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Jan 24 08:03:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 24 08:03:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 24 08:03:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Jan 24 12:02:54 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 24 12:02:54 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Jan 24 12:02:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 24 12:02:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 24 12:02:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Jan 24 16:01:22 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 24 16:01:22 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Jan 24 16:01:22 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 24 16:01:22 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 24 16:01:22 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Jan 24 20:01:54 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 24 20:01:54 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Jan 24 20:01:54 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 24 20:01:54 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 24 20:01:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Jan 25 08:02:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Jan 25 08:02:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Jan 25 08:02:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Jan 25 08:02:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Jan 25 08:02:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Jan 25 12:01:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Jan 25 12:01:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Jan 25 12:01:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Jan 25 12:01:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Jan 25 12:01:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Jan 25 16:01:00 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Jan 25 16:01:00 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Jan 25 16:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Jan 25 16:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Jan 25 16:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Jan 25 20:00:53 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Jan 25 20:00:53 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Jan 25 20:00:53 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Jan 25 20:00:53 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Jan 25 20:00:53 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Jan 26 08:05:41 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Jan 26 08:05:41 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Jan 26 08:05:41 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Jan 26 08:05:42 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Jan 26 08:05:42 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Jan 26 12:01:06 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Jan 26 12:01:06 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Jan 26 12:01:06 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Jan 26 12:01:06 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Jan 26 12:01:06 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Jan 26 16:00:53 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Jan 26 16:00:53 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
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Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Jan 26 16:00:53 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Jan 26 16:00:53 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Jan 26 16:00:53 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Jan 26 20:00:47 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Jan 26 20:00:47 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
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References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Jan 26 20:00:47 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Jan 26 20:00:47 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Jan 26 20:00:47 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 27 08:06:39 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 27 08:06:40 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 27 08:06:40 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 27 08:06:40 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 27 08:06:40 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 27 12:02:10 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 27 12:02:10 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 27 12:02:10 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 27 12:02:10 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 27 12:02:10 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 27 16:01:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 27 16:01:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 27 16:01:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 27 16:01:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 27 16:01:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 27 20:00:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 27 20:00:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Jan 27 20:00:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 27 20:00:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Jan 27 20:00:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Jan 28 08:05:37 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 28 08:05:37 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Jan 28 08:05:37 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 28 08:05:37 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 28 08:05:37 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Jan 28 12:01:54 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 28 12:01:54 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Jan 28 12:01:54 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 28 12:01:54 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 28 12:01:54 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Jan 28 16:00:56 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 28 16:00:56 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Jan 28 16:00:56 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 28 16:00:56 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 28 16:00:56 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Jan 28 20:00:56 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 28 20:00:56 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Jan 28 20:00:56 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 28 20:00:56 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Jan 28 20:00:56 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Jan 29 08:07:31 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 29 08:07:31 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Jan 29 08:07:31 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 29 08:07:31 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 29 08:07:32 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Jan 29 12:01:00 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 29 12:01:00 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Jan 29 12:01:00 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 29 12:01:00 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 29 12:01:00 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Jan 29 16:00:54 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 29 16:00:54 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Jan 29 16:00:54 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 29 16:00:54 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 29 16:00:54 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Jan 29 20:00:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 29 20:00:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Jan 29 20:00:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 29 20:00:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Jan 29 20:00:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Jan 30 08:08:43 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 30 08:08:43 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Jan 30 08:08:43 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 30 08:08:43 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 30 08:08:43 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Jan 30 12:03:54 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 30 12:03:54 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Jan 30 12:03:54 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 30 12:03:54 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 30 12:03:54 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Jan 30 16:04:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 30 16:04:10 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Jan 30 16:04:10 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 30 16:04:10 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 30 16:04:10 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Jan 30 20:02:13 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 30 20:02:13 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Jan 30 20:02:13 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 30 20:02:13 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Jan 30 20:02:13 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Jan 31 08:07:50 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 31 08:07:50 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Jan 31 08:07:50 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 31 08:07:50 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 31 08:07:50 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Jan 31 12:04:16 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 31 12:04:16 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Jan 31 12:04:16 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 31 12:04:16 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 31 12:04:16 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Jan 31 16:02:19 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 31 16:02:19 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Jan 31 16:02:19 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 31 16:02:19 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 31 16:02:19 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Jan 31 20:01:08 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 31 20:01:08 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Jan 31 20:01:08 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 31 20:01:08 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Jan 31 20:01:08 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb  1 08:09:35 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb  1 08:09:36 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb  1 08:09:36 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb  1 08:09:36 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb  1 08:09:36 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb  1 12:02:43 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb  1 12:02:43 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb  1 12:02:43 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb  1 12:02:43 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb  1 12:02:43 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb  1 16:01:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb  1 16:01:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb  1 16:01:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb  1 16:01:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb  1 16:01:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb  1 20:01:00 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb  1 20:01:00 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb  1 20:01:00 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb  1 20:01:00 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb  1 20:01:00 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Feb  2 08:12:27 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb  2 08:12:27 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Feb  2 08:12:27 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb  2 08:12:27 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb  2 08:12:27 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Feb  2 12:02:47 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb  2 12:02:47 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Feb  2 12:02:47 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb  2 12:02:47 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb  2 12:02:47 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Feb  2 16:01:11 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb  2 16:01:11 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Feb  2 16:01:11 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb  2 16:01:11 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb  2 16:01:11 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Feb  2 20:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb  2 20:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Feb  2 20:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb  2 20:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb  2 20:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Feb  3 08:12:05 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Feb  3 08:12:06 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Feb  3 08:12:06 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Feb  3 08:12:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Feb  3 08:12:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Feb  3 12:02:40 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Feb  3 12:02:40 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Feb  3 12:02:40 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Feb  3 12:02:40 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Feb  3 12:02:40 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Feb  3 16:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Feb  3 16:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Feb  3 16:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Feb  3 16:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Feb  3 16:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Feb  3 20:01:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Feb  3 20:01:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Feb  3 20:01:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Feb  3 20:01:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Feb  3 20:01:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Feb  4 08:07:50 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Feb  4 08:07:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Feb  4 08:07:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Feb  4 08:07:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Feb  4 08:07:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Feb  4 12:02:43 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Feb  4 12:02:43 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Feb  4 12:02:43 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Feb  4 12:02:43 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Feb  4 12:02:43 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Feb  4 16:01:13 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Feb  4 16:01:13 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Feb  4 16:01:13 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Feb  4 16:01:13 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Feb  4 16:01:13 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Feb  4 20:01:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Feb  4 20:01:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Feb  4 20:01:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Feb  4 20:01:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Feb  4 20:01:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Feb  5 08:07:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Feb  5 08:07:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Feb  5 08:07:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Feb  5 08:07:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Feb  5 08:07:55 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Feb  5 12:02:42 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Feb  5 12:02:42 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Feb  5 12:02:42 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Feb  5 12:02:42 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Feb  5 12:02:42 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Feb  5 16:01:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Feb  5 16:01:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Feb  5 16:01:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Feb  5 16:01:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Feb  5 16:01:07 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Feb  5 20:00:59 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Feb  5 20:00:59 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Feb  5 20:00:59 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Feb  5 20:00:59 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Feb  5 20:00:59 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Feb  6 08:14:46 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Feb  6 08:14:49 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Feb  6 08:14:49 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Feb  6 08:14:49 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Feb  6 08:14:49 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Feb  6 12:02:41 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Feb  6 12:02:41 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Feb  6 12:02:41 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Feb  6 12:02:41 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Feb  6 12:02:41 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Feb  6 16:01:05 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Feb  6 16:01:05 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Feb  6 16:01:05 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Feb  6 16:01:05 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Feb  6 16:01:05 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Feb  6 20:01:00 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Feb  6 20:01:00 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Feb  6 20:01:00 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Feb  6 20:01:00 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Feb  6 20:01:00 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Feb  7 08:23:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Feb  7 08:23:04 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Feb  7 08:23:04 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Feb  7 08:23:04 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Feb  7 08:23:04 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Feb  7 12:03:17 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Feb  7 12:03:17 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Feb  7 12:03:17 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Feb  7 12:03:17 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Feb  7 12:03:17 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Feb  7 16:01:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Feb  7 16:01:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Feb  7 16:01:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Feb  7 16:01:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Feb  7 16:01:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Feb  7 20:01:05 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Feb  7 20:01:05 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Feb  7 20:01:05 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Feb  7 20:01:05 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Feb  7 20:01:05 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb  8 08:22:12 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb  8 08:22:17 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb  8 08:22:17 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb  8 08:22:17 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb  8 08:22:17 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb  8 12:03:22 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb  8 12:03:22 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb  8 12:03:22 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb  8 12:03:22 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb  8 12:03:22 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb  8 16:01:14 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb  8 16:01:14 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb  8 16:01:14 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb  8 16:01:14 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb  8 16:01:14 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb  8 20:01:04 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb  8 20:01:04 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb  8 20:01:05 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb  8 20:01:05 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb  8 20:01:05 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Feb  9 08:09:11 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb  9 08:09:12 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Feb  9 08:09:12 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb  9 08:09:12 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb  9 08:09:12 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Feb  9 12:03:08 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb  9 12:03:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Feb  9 12:03:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb  9 12:03:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb  9 12:03:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Feb  9 16:01:16 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb  9 16:01:16 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Feb  9 16:01:16 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb  9 16:01:16 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb  9 16:01:16 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Feb  9 20:01:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb  9 20:01:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Feb  9 20:01:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb  9 20:01:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb  9 20:01:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Feb 10 08:19:39 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Feb 10 08:19:41 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Feb 10 08:19:41 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Feb 10 08:19:42 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Feb 10 08:19:42 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Feb 10 12:03:37 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Feb 10 12:03:38 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Feb 10 12:03:38 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Feb 10 12:03:38 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Feb 10 12:03:38 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Feb 10 16:01:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Feb 10 16:01:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Feb 10 16:01:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Feb 10 16:01:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Feb 10 16:01:09 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Feb 10 20:01:13 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Feb 10 20:01:13 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Feb 10 20:01:13 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Feb 10 20:01:13 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Feb 10 20:01:13 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Feb 11 08:12:47 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Feb 11 08:12:47 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Feb 11 08:12:48 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Feb 11 08:12:48 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Feb 11 08:12:48 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Feb 11 12:02:38 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Feb 11 12:02:38 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Feb 11 12:02:38 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Feb 11 12:02:38 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Feb 11 12:02:38 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Feb 11 16:01:04 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Feb 11 16:01:04 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Feb 11 16:01:04 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Feb 11 16:01:04 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Feb 11 16:01:04 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Feb 11 20:00:57 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Feb 11 20:00:57 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sat Feb 11 20:00:57 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Feb 11 20:00:57 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sat Feb 11 20:00:57 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Feb 12 08:09:15 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Feb 12 08:09:16 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Feb 12 08:09:16 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Feb 12 08:09:16 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Feb 12 08:09:16 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Feb 12 12:02:47 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Feb 12 12:02:47 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Feb 12 12:02:47 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Feb 12 12:02:47 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Feb 12 12:02:47 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Feb 12 16:01:10 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Feb 12 16:01:10 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Feb 12 16:01:10 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Feb 12 16:01:10 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Feb 12 16:01:10 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Feb 12 20:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Feb 12 20:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Sun Feb 12 20:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Feb 12 20:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Sun Feb 12 20:01:01 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Feb 13 08:16:51 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Feb 13 08:16:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Feb 13 08:16:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Feb 13 08:16:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Feb 13 08:16:52 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Feb 13 12:03:05 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Feb 13 12:03:06 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Feb 13 12:03:06 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Feb 13 12:03:06 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Feb 13 12:03:06 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Feb 13 16:01:24 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Feb 13 16:01:24 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Feb 13 16:01:24 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Feb 13 16:01:24 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Feb 13 16:01:24 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Feb 13 20:01:06 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Feb 13 20:01:06 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Mon Feb 13 20:01:06 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Feb 13 20:01:06 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Mon Feb 13 20:01:06 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Feb 14 08:19:08 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Feb 14 08:19:11 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Feb 14 08:19:11 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Feb 14 08:19:11 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Feb 14 08:19:11 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Feb 14 12:03:21 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Feb 14 12:03:21 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Feb 14 12:03:21 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Feb 14 12:03:21 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Feb 14 12:03:21 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Feb 14 16:01:32 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Feb 14 16:01:32 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Feb 14 16:01:32 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Feb 14 16:01:32 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Feb 14 16:01:32 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Feb 14 20:01:12 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Feb 14 20:01:13 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Tue Feb 14 20:01:13 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Feb 14 20:01:13 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Tue Feb 14 20:01:13 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb 15 08:27:16 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb 15 08:27:20 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb 15 08:27:20 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb 15 08:27:20 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb 15 08:27:20 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb 15 12:05:24 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb 15 12:05:24 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb 15 12:05:24 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb 15 12:05:24 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb 15 12:05:24 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb 15 16:01:34 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb 15 16:01:34 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb 15 16:01:34 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb 15 16:01:34 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb 15 16:01:34 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb 15 19:28:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb 15 19:28:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb 15 19:28:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb 15 19:28:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb 15 19:28:02 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb 15 20:13:25 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb 15 20:13:27 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Wed Feb 15 20:13:27 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb 15 20:13:27 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Wed Feb 15 20:13:27 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Feb 16 08:46:03 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb 16 08:46:06 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Thu Feb 16 08:46:06 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb 16 08:46:06 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Thu Feb 16 08:46:06 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 13:41:30 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Mar 31 16:33:38 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

Hello,

I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
I am using

  gcc version 3.2.2

on Solaris 8.

The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
no problem using

  cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
  python setup.py install

but

  cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
  python setup.py install

Gives the following error:

building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
checking for optional libraries
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
-I/usr
/local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
_configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
_configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
failure.
removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
-I/usr/local/inc
lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
build/te
mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
unio
n
mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token

...

Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).

Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
else I am missing?

Thanks.

Bill Page.

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec  2 19:47:33 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Mar 31 16:33:39 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Solaris
 8
In-Reply-To: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
References: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2B@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <3FCCDE45.1050205@egenix.com>

Page, Bill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile and install mxTidy so that I
> can then install Epoz 0.7.1 for use under Plone.
> I am using
> 
>   gcc version 3.2.2
> 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> The egenix-mx-base-2.0.5 package installs with
> no problem using
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-base-2.0.5
>   python setup.py install
> 
> but
> 
>   cd egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0
>   python setup.py install
> 
> Gives the following error:
> 
> building extension "mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber" (required)
> checking for optional libraries
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.1
> -I/usr
> /local/include -c _configtest.c -o _configtest.o
> _configtest.c:1:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> _configtest.c:2:18: mpfr.h: No such file or directory
> failure.
> removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
> could not find optional library 'mpfr' -- omitting it
> building 'mx.Number.mxNumber.mxNumber' extension
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Imx/Number/mxNumber
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/python2.1 -I/usr/local/include -c mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c -o
> build/te
> mp.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.1/mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber/mxNumber.o
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:32:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.c:23:
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: parse error before "mpz_t"
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:47: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or
> unio
> n
> mx/Number/mxNumber/mxNumber.h:52: parse error before '}' token
> 
> ...
> 
> Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> 
> Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> else I am missing?

No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit mxEXPERIMENTAL.py
and comment out the mxNumber sections.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 02 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::
From Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca  Tue Dec  2 14:54:27 2003
From: Bill.Page at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Page, Bill)
Date: Fri Mar 31 16:33:39 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] compiling egenix-mx-experimental-0.8.0 on Sola
	ris 8
Message-ID: <68207C39878CC54695B4E7A1D58E098124DA2C@corporateex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca>

> .... 
> > Apparently I am missing (or the include path is incorrect)
> > for gmp.h (part of the gnu math package?).
> > 
> > Is this a prerequisit for mxTidy? Could there be anything
> > else I am missing?
> 
> No, if you don't have GMP installed just edit
> mxEXPERIMENTAL.py and comment out the mxNumber sections.
> 

Thanks! That did the trick, I think. At least the install
completed normally. And I was able into "QuickInstall"
Epoz. Unfortunately :( although I have seen Epoz work in
other cases and systems, it does not seem to be working
for me any more ... Epoz lets me draw a fancy page (text
decorations etc. but no centering or justification ?? weird).
But when I try to save, no HTML text is saved at all!

Maybe I will have to back out to the earlier version
of Epoz that did not call mxtidy? I will test and let
you know what I find out.

Anybody else out their using Epoz 0.7.1 with mxTidy?

Thanks.

From mal at egenix.com  Thu Dec 11 21:18:58 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Mar 31 16:33:39 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter
Message-ID: <3FD8D132.2090802@egenix.com>

________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT

                              EGENIX.COM

                      mxODBC Zope Database Adapter

                             Version 1.0.7

                 Available for Zope 2.3 through 2.7 on
                  Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD

________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION

The eGenix mxODBC Zope Database Adapter (Zope DA) allows you to easily
connect your Zope installation to just about any database backend on
the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially
supported eGenix.com product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC
standard as middle-tier architecture.

Unlike Zope's ZODBC Zope DA, the mxODBC Zope DA works on Windows
XP/NT/2000/98, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD using the same interface on
all platforms.

The mxODBC Zope DA implements high performance thread-safe connection
pooling and multiple physical connects per logical Zope
connection. You can safely run Z SQL Methods in parallel, achieving a
much better throughput than ZODBC Zope DA or similar Zope database
adapters under heavy load.

This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting
environments where stability and high performance are a top priority.

________________________________________________________________________
FEATURES

* Zope Level 3 Database Adapter: the mxODBC Zope DA is fully
   multi-threaded and can handle multiple connections to multiple
   databases.

* Fully compatible to Z SQL Methods.

* Drop-in compatible to the ZODBC DA: the mxODBC Zope DA provides the
   same interfaces as Zope's ZODBC DA to allow a smooth upgrade path
   from this simplistic adapater to the high performance mxODBC Zope
   DA.

* Fully compatible to the Znolk SQL Wizard Product and other similar
   products relying on the common database schema access methods
   .tables() and .columns().

* Connection Pooling: physical database connections are pooled and
   kept open, to reduce the connection overhead to a minimum.  This is
   especially important for high latency database connections and ones
   like Oracle which take a considerable amount of time to setup

* Parallel Execution of Queries on a single logical connection: the
   mxODBC Zope DA can manage any number of physical connections on a
   single logical connection. This enables running truly parallel Z SQL
   Method queries -- a feature not available in other Zope DAs.

* Robust Mode of Operation: connections which have timed out or go
   away due to network problems are automatically reconnected.

* Cross-platform Connection Objects: The Zope DA will automatically
   choose the right platform specific ODBC manager for you.

* Per Connection Adjustable ODBC Interface: mxODBC comes with many
   different subpackages to choose from on Unix. The Zope DA allows you
   to select these subpackages on a per-connection basis.

* Per Connection Error Handling: you can tell each connection whether
   it should report ODBC warnings or not; furthermore all warnings and
   errors are made available as list .messages on the DatabaseConnection
   object.

* Transaction safe automatic reconnect: when the DA finds that a
   connection has timed out, it automatically tries a reconnect
   and replays the transaction on the connection (unlike other DAs
   which break the transaction scheme by doing a reconnect without
   replay).

* Built-in Schema Cache: this results in improved performance under
   heavy load.

* Database Schema Access: all ODBC catalog methods are made available
   for much better database schema inquiry. The catalog methods allow
   building generic database interrogation or manipulation tools and
   facilitates writing database independent Zope products.

* Lazy Connect: the mxODBC Zope DA only connects to the database
   backends when a connection is actually requested. This results in a
   better use of resources compared to other Zope DAs.

________________________________________________________________________
NEWS

Version 1.0.7 includes the following changes and enhancements:

* Zope 2.7.0 and Python 2.3 are now fully supported.

* The connection pooling was made more robust to allow less capable
   ODBC drivers to work nicely with the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A new option was introduced to let the mxODBC Zope DA return empty
   strings instead of None for SQL NULL values. This should simplify
   porting applications to the mxODBC Zope DA.

* A problem with the MS SQL Server was solved which caused deadlocks
   under heavy load in some application settings.

In short: mxODBC Zope DA is continuing to become the number one
solution for integrating relational databases with Zope applications.

________________________________________________________________________
UPGRADING

If you have already bought mxODBC Zope DA licenses, you can use these
license for the updated version as well. There is no need to buy new
licenses. The same is true for evaluation license users.

________________________________________________________________________
MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download
instructions, please visit our web-site:

     http://www.egenix.com/

You can buy mxODBC Zope DA licenses online from the eGenix.com shop at:

     http://shop.egenix.com/

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 11 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::

From mal at egenix.com  Tue Dec 23 10:28:43 2003
From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg)
Date: Fri Mar 31 16:33:39 2006
Subject: [egenix-users] Merry Christmas ...
Message-ID: <3FE80ACB.80602@egenix.com>

... and a Happy New Year from eGenix.com !

Thank you for making this year such a success.

Best regards,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Dec 23 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
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