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Before you get started, make sure you have the following information handy:
The name of the host system where the Oracle database resides
The System Identifier (SID) for your Oracle 8 database
A login ID and password for connecting to the Oracle 8 database
To use the ColdFusion native driver for Oracle 8:
1 Install the required client software.
2 Use the SQL Net Easy Configuration utility to create a database alias.
You can find the UNIX version of this utility in $ORACLE_HOME/bin/net8wiz.sh.
3 Create the data source in the ColdFusion Administrator, Native Drivers page.
4 Edit the coldfusion/bin/start script to include the following values:
To install the Oracle 8 Client:
1 Install the Oracle 8 Client software.
2 Select the Database Administrator or Application User option. This example uses
Application User.
3 Step through options involving stopping Oracle services that are running on your
system, and choose whether to install online documentation.
Running the Oracle Net8 Easy Config utility
The following procedure creates a database alias that you use to reference the Oracle
database when creating the data source in the ColdFusion Administrator. When you
create the database alias, the process writes all of the database connection
information to a configuration file called tnsnames.ora.
To run the Oracle Net8 Easy Config utility:
1 Open the Oracle Net8 Easy Config utility.
On servers running Windows NT, the icon is found in your Oracle for Windows
NT program group. On UNIX, this utility is found in $ORACLE_HOME/bin/
net8wiz.sh.
Installing and Configuring ColdFusion Server
The database variable ORACLE_HOME
The library path set in LD_LIBRARY_PATH
Chapter 6 Managing Data Sources