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    <h2>Add Z MySQL Database Connection</h2>
    
    <form action="manage_addZMySQLConnection" method="POST">
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	  <th align="LEFT" valign="TOP">Id</th>
	  <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP">
            <input type="TEXT" name="id" size="40"
                value="MySQL_database_connection">
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	  <th align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><em>Title</em></th>
	  <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP">
            <input type="TEXT" name="title" size="40"
                value="Z MySQL Database Connection">
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	  <th align="LEFT" valign="TOP">
             Enter a Database Connection String
	     <a href="#1"><sup>1</sup></a></th>
	  <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP">
            <input type="TEXT" name="connection_string" size="40">
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	  <th align="LEFT" valign="TOP">Connect immediately</th>
	  <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP">
            <input name="check:int" type="CHECKBOX" value="1" CHECKED>
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	  <td><br><input type="SUBMIT" value="Add"></td>
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<dt><a hname="1"><sup>1</sup></a> Connection Strings</dt>
<dd>
<p>
    The connection string used for Z MySQL Database Connection
    is of the form:
<pre>
    [~] [*lock] [+/-][database][@host[:port]] [user [password [unix_socket]]]
</pre>
    or typically:
<pre>
       database user password
</pre>
    to use a MySQL server on localhost via the standard UNIX socket.
    Only specify host if the server is on a remote system. You can
    use a non-standard port, if necessary. Hint: To use a non-standard
    port on the local system, use 127.0.0.1 for the host instead of
    localhost.
<p>
    Either a database or a host or both must be specified.
<p>
    If the UNIX socket is in a non-standard location, you can specify
    the full path to it after the password.
<p>
    A '-' in front of the database tells ZMySQLDA to not use Zope's
    Transaction Manager, even if the server supports transactions. A
    '+' in front of the database tells ZMySQLDA that it must use
    transactions; an exception will be raised if they are not
    supported by the server. If neither '-' or '+' are present, then
    transactions will be enabled if the server supports them.  If you
    are using non-transaction safe tables (TSTs) on a server that
    supports TSTs, use '-'. If you require transactions, use '+'. If
    you aren't sure, don't use either.
<p>
    A '~' at the begining of the connection string enables client-server
    exchange compression (if supported by both client and server).
<p>
    *<em>lock</em> means to
    psuedo-transactional. When the transaction begins, it will acquire
    a lock on the server named <em>lock</em> (i.e. MYLOCK). When the
    transaction commits, the lock will be released. If the transaction
    is aborted and restarted, which can happen due to a ConflictError,
    you'll get an error in the logs, and inconsistent data. In this
    respect, it's equivalent to transactions turned off.
<p>
    Transactions are highly recommended. Using a named lock in
    conjunctions with transactions is probably pointless.  
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