Chapter 4: Managing Data Sources - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION 4.5-ADMINISTRING COLDFUSION SERVER Manual

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Managing Data Sources
Chapter 4
ColdFusion facilitates the delivery of dynamic database content to the Web in a very
short time-frame Before you can use a database in a ColdFusion application, you
must register data source in the ColdFusion Administrator. This chapter is organized
by database type and connection type.
Contents
About ColdFusion Data Sources ..................................................................... 78
Choosing the Right Drivers ............................................................................. 80
Adding Data Sources for ColdFusion.............................................................. 82
Verifying ColdFusion Data Sources ................................................................ 85
Connecting to Microsoft SQL Server Databases............................................ 87
Connecting to OpenIngress Databases .......................................................... 90
Connecting to dBase Databases...................................................................... 92
Connecting to Microsoft Access Databases ................................................... 94
Connecting to Microsoft Excel Databases...................................................... 96
Connecting to ASCII Text Databases .............................................................. 97
Connecting to Oracle 7.3/8.0 Databases ........................................................ 98
Connecting to DB2 Data Sources.................................................................. 105
Connecting to Informix data sources ........................................................... 111
Connecting to Sybase System 11 data sources ............................................ 117
Using ColdFusion to Create a Data Source .................................................. 120