Connecting To Microsoft Access Databases; Configuring Microsoft Access Options (Windows) - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION 4.5-ADMINISTRING COLDFUSION SERVER Manual

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MERANT dBase/FoxPro Driver ODBC Options
Option
Database Version
Driver Settings

Connecting to Microsoft Access Databases

ColdFusion lets you access Microsoft Access databases Windows NT, via ODBC and
OLE DB drivers.

Configuring Microsoft Access Options (Windows)

If ColdFusion Server is installed on a Windows NT server, you can configure Microsoft
access databases as ColdFusion data source using either an ODBC or OLE DB driver.
For information about using OLE DB drivers with ColdFusion data sources, see "OLE
DB Drivers" on page 82.
Note
Description
The version number of the dBase/FoxPro database you want to
use.
Use lowercase file extension (.dbf) — Specifies whether
lowercase file extensions are accepted. If enabled, lowercase
extensions are accepted. If disabled, only uppercase extensions
are accepted.
Use international collating sequence — Determines the order in
which records are retrieved when you issue a Select statement
with an Order By clause.
If you don't set this option, the driver automatically uses the
ASCII sort order. This order sorts items alphabetically with
uppercase letters preceding lowercase letters. For example, "A, b,
C" would be sorted as "A, C, b."
If you do set this option, the driver uses the international sort
order as defined by your operating system. This sort order is
always alphabetic, regardless of case; the letters from the
previous example would be sorted as "A, b, C."
OLE DB and ODBC connections to Access function programmatically
identically, but OLE DB connections under load prove to be substantially
more robust than ODBC. Wherever possible, you should use OLE DB
connections to Access data sources instead of ODBC connections.
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