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

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Cycle the ColdFusion services each night using the \cfusion\bin\cycle.bat file.

Connecting to Microsoft Excel Databases

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

Configuring Microsoft Excel 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.
ODBC: Microsoft Excel Options (Windows)
The following table describes ColdFusion ODBC options for Microsoft Excel data
sources. You set these options when you configure a ColdFusion data source. See
"Adding Data Sources for ColdFusion" on page 82 for more information
Microsoft Excel ODBC Options
Option
Data Source Name
Description
Workbook/Directory
Version
Driver Settings
Description
A name for your ODBC data source.
Descriptive information about the data source.
The path and filename of the Excel workbook you want to use as
the ODBC data source.
Enter the version number of the Excel workbook you want to
use. ColdFusion supports Excel versions 3.4, 4.0, and 5.0. Note
that there is no Excel 97/2000 support.
Rows to Scan — The number of rows to scan to determine the
data type of each column. The data type is determined given the
maximum number of kinds of data found. If data is encountered
that does not match the data type guessed for the column, the
data type will be returned as a NULL value.
Enter a number from 1 to 16 for the rows to scan. The value
defaults to 8; if it is set to 0, all rows are scanned. A number
outside the limit will return an error.
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