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Attribute
dbType
dbServer
dbName
connectString Required for
username
password
Description
Optional. The database driver type:
Connect to an ODBC data source that is not defined in the
dynamic
ColdFusion Administrator. When you use this attribute value, you
must specify all the ODBC connection information using the
connectstring attribute.
Use the result set from an existing query as the data
query
source. Do not specify a
. Instead, use existing query names as table names.
= "query"
(default) ODBC driver.
ODBC
Oracle 7.3 native database driver. Using this option,
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the ColdFusion Server computer must have Oracle 7.3.4.0.0 (or
greater) client software installed.
Oracle 8.0 native database driver. Using this option,
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the ColdFusion Server computer must have Oracle 8.0 (or greater)
client software installed.
Sybase11 Sybase System 11 native database driver. Using this
option, the ColdFusion Server computer must have Sybase 11.1.1
(or greater) client software installed. Sybase patch ebf 7729 is
recommended.
OLEDB OLE DB provider. If specified, this database provider
overrides the driver type specified in the ColdFusion Administrator.
DB2 5.2 native database driver.
DB2
Informix73 Informix73 native database driver.
Optional. For native database drivers and the SQLOLEDB provider,
specifies the name of the database server computer. If specified,
dbServer overrides the server specified in the data source.
Optional. The database name (Sybase System 11 driver and
SQLOLEDB provider only). If specified,
database specified in the data source.
dbType = "dynamic"
contents of a connection string to send to the ODBC server. When
connecting to a data source defined in the ColdFusion Administrator,
you can use this attribute to specify additional connection details or to
override connection information specified in the Administrator. If you
are dynamically connecting to a datasource by specifying
, the connection string must specify all required ODBC
"dynamic"
connection attributes.
Optional. If specified,
specified in the data source setup.
Optional. If specified,
specified in the data source setup.
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attribute when using
datasource
dbName
; optional for all others. The
overrides the username value
username
overrides the password value
password
dbType
overrides the default
dbType =