Configuring Informix Options (Unix) - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION 4.5-ADMINISTRING COLDFUSION SERVER Manual

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Configuring Informix Options (UNIX)

If ColdFusion Server is installed on a UNIX server, you can configure Informix
ColdFusion data sources using either native or ODBC drivers.
Native Driver: Informix 7.3 (UNIX)
ColdFusion native drivers are the same for both Windows NT and UNIX. To see
ColdFusion options for the DB2 Universal Database 5.2/6.1 native driver, see the table
in "Native Driver: Informix 7.3 (Windows)" on page 111.
ODBC: Informix 7.x/9.x (UNIX)
The following table describes ColdFusion options for the MERANT Informix 7.x/9.x
ODBC driver. You set these options when you configure a ColdFusion data source. See
"Adding Data Sources for ColdFusion" on page 82 for more information about adding
data sources to ColdFusion.
MERANT Informix ODBC Options
Option
Data Source Name
Description
Database Name
Server Host Name
Cursors
Description
A name for your ODBC data source.
Descriptive information about the data source.
The name of the database to which you want to connect.
The name of the machine on which the INFORMIX server resides.
Use INFORMIX registry for Logon ID and Password —
Determines whether the drive reads the Logon ID and Password
directly from the INFORMIX registry.
Preserve cursors at the end of each transaction — Determines
whether cursors will be preserved or closed at the end of each
transaction. Enable this attribute if you want cursors to be held
at the current position when the transaction ends. Enabling this
option may impact the performance of your database
operations.
Enable scrollable cursors — Determines whether the driver
provides scrollable cursors. The INFORMIX driver can use
scrollable cursors only if there are no long columns
(SQL_LONGVARCHAR or SQL_LONGVARBINARY) in a Select list. If
you enable this option, you must not include long columns in
the Select list.
Enable Insert cursors — Determines whether the driver can use
Insert cursors during parametrized inserts.
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