Gallery 2 and Zen Cart

Hello -

I just installed Zen Cart 1.3.8a and the zen cart mod 3.2.2a

In the installation instructions, it says "It appears most convenient to use the same database as Gallery2"

That sounds more like a suggestion than a requirement, so I installed Zen with its own separate database. After I ran through the configurations for both ZC and the module, I ran the "activate" step, and it says you *must* use the same database.

So here I am, with both installed. all the names of the albums and photos are showing up in my zen cart, as well as the correct number of photos, but the photos themselves don't show up. Neither does the add to cart link show up in G2.

No doubt this is because there are two databases.

Is there someplace in the configuration to let the two apps access each other's databases? If not, will running the upgrade script allow me to reset the database so they both share?

The reason I didn't share in the first places is that I have thousands of photos, plus I want to sell other things besides photos. I didn't want to overwhelm one database, which is why when I thought having two was an option, I chose to setup that way.