Connecting To Oracle Databases; Configuring Oracle 7.3.4/8.0.X Options (Windows); Configuring Oracle 7.3.4/8.0.X Options (Unix) - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION 5 - INSTALING AND CONFIGURING SERVER Manual

Connecting to Oracle Databases

Connecting to Oracle Databases

You can configure Oracle ColdFusion data sources for Windows NT and UNIX using
ODBC and native drivers.
Note
ColdFusion supports Oracle 7.3.4 and Oracle 8.0.4 and later.

Configuring Oracle 7.3.4/8.0.x options (Windows)

If you install ColdFusion Server Enterprise Edition on a Windows NT server, you can
configure an Oracle data source using a native driver.
Native drivers: Oracle 7.3.4 and 8.0
The following table describes ColdFusion native driver options for Oracle 7.3.4 and
8.0.x native driver data sources on Windows NT.
Option
Data Source Name
Description
Host String

Configuring Oracle 7.3.4/8.0.x options (UNIX)

If you install ColdFusion Server Enterprise Edition on a Solaris server, you can
configure an Oracle data source using a native driver.
Native drivers: Oracle 7.3.4 and 8.0
The following table describes ColdFusion native driver options for Oracle 7.3.4 and
8.0.x native driver data sources on UNIX:
Option
Data Source Name
Description
Host String
.x
options (Windows)
Description
A name for your data source.
Descriptive information about the data source.
Enter the database alias that you created using the Oracle
Net8 Easy Config utility. To find the database alias for the
database that you want to connect to, you can use the Oracle
Net8 Easy Config utility.
.x
options (UNIX)
Description
A name for your data source.
Descriptive information about the data source.
Enter the database alias that you created using the Oracle
Net8 Easy Config utility. To find the database alias for a
database, you can use the Oracle Net8 Easy Config utility.
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