About Native Drivers - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION 5-ADVANCED ADMINISTRATION Manual

About ColdFusion database drivers

About native drivers

The Enterprise Edition of ColdFusion Server includes support for DB2, Informix,
Sybase System 11 through Sybase Adaptive Server 12.0, and Oracle 7.3.4, 8.0, and 8i
databases through native database drivers on both Windows NT and UNIX
platforms.
You might consider using native database drivers for the following reasons:
Software requirements for native drivers
Before you can use the ColdFusion native database drivers, you must install
additional client software. Also, you must install the database client software and
ColdFusion Server software on the same server.
The following table describes requirements for each database and each supported
platform:
Database Client Software
Oracle
Sybase
Informix
IBM DB2 IBM DB2 Client
If you are creating a UNIX data source, you might need to set environment
variables for your database client library by editing the ColdFusion start script in
<installdir>/coldfusion/bin. For detailed information about editing the
ColdFusion start script for your particular database, see the section about your
database.
Native drivers tend to offer better performance than their ODBC counterparts.
Some stored procedure functionality is only available through native drivers. For
example, you must use an Oracle native driver to use packages.
Oracle 7.3.4, Oracle 8.0.x
or Oracle 8.1.6 or higher
Sybase Open/Client
11.1.1, 11.9.2 or 12.0
Informix 2.50 SDK or
higher
Application Enabler
version 5 or 6
For more information
Installing and Configuring ColdFusion Server
"Connecting to Sybase Databases," on page
32
"Connecting to Informix Databases," on page
26
"Connecting to DB2 Databases," on page 15
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