Connecting To Sybase 11.5, 11.9, 12.0, And 12.5 - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION MX 61 - CONFIGURING AND ADMINISTERING COLDFUSION MX Manual

Connecting to Sybase 11.5, 11.9, 12.0, and 12.5

Use the settings in the following table to connect ColdFusion MX to Sybase 11.5, 11.9, 12.0, and
12.5 data sources:
Setting
CF Data Source Name
Database
Server
Port
Username
Password
Description
Select Method
Limit Connections
Restrict Connections to Specifies the maximum number of database connections for the data
Maintain Connections
String Format
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Description
The data source name (DSN) used by ColdFusion MX to connect to the
data source.
The database to which this data source connects.
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. This name must
be either a fully qualified domain name (resolvable through DNS) or an IP
address. It cannot be a netbios name (even if you are running NBT), or an
alias you set up using the client connectivity wizard (both of these
approaches worked in earlier ColdFusion versions).
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.
Determines whether server cursors are used for SQL queries.
The Direct method provides more efficient retrieval of data when you
retrieve record sets in a forward-only direction and you limit your Sybase
connection to a single open SQL statement at a time. This is typical for
ColdFusion applications.
The Cursor method lets you have multiple open SQL statements on a
connection. This is not typical for ColdFusion applications, unless you use
pooled statements.
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.
tag.
cfquery
cfquery
tag.