Connecting To Oracle R3 (8.1.7), Oracle 9I - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION MX 61 - CONFIGURING AND ADMINISTERING COLDFUSION MX Manual

Setting
BLOB Buffer
Allowed SQL

Connecting to Oracle R3 (8.1.7), Oracle 9i

Use the settings in the following table to connect ColdFusion MX to Oracle R3 (8.1.7), Oracle 9i
data sources:
Setting
CF Data Source Name
SID Name
Server
Port
Username
Password
Description
Limit Connections
Restrict Connections to Specifies the maximum number of database connections for the data
Maintain Connections
String Format
Max Pooled Statements Enables reuse of prepared statements (that is, stored procedures and
Timeout (min)
Description
The default buffer size, used if Enable binary large object retrieval (BLOB)
is not selected. Default is 64000 bytes.
The SQL operations that can interact with the current data source.
Description
The data source name (DSN) used by ColdFusion MX to connect to the
data source.
The Oracle System Identifier that refers to the instance of the Oracle
database software running on the server. 'ORCL' is the default.
The name of the server that hosts the database that you want to use. If the
database is local, enclose the word local in parentheses.
The number of the TCP/IP port that the server monitors for connections.
The user name that ColdFusion MX passes to the JDBC driver to connect
to the data source if a ColdFusion application does not supply a user
name; for example, in a
The password (16-character limit) that ColdFusion MX passes to the
JDBC driver to connect to the data source if a ColdFusion application
does not supply a password; for example, in a
(Optional) A description for this connection.
Specifies whether ColdFusion MX limits the number of database
connections for the data source. If you enable this option, use the Restrict
Connections to field to specify the maximum.
source. To use this restriction, you must enable Limit Connections.
ColdFusion MX establishes a connection to a data source for every
operation that requires one. Enable this option to improve performance by
caching the data source connection.
Enable this option if your application uses Unicode data in DBMS-specific
Unicode datatypes such as National Character or nchar.
queries that use the
cfqueryparam
based on your application, start by setting it to the sum of the following:
• Unique tags that use
cfquery
• Unique
cfstoredproc
The maximum number of minutes after the data source connection is
made that you want ColdFusion MX to cache a connection after it is used.
tag.
cfquery
cfquery
tag). Although you tune this setting
cfqueryparam
tags

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