Connecting To Text Databases; Odbc: Microsoft Text Driver Options (Windows); Odbc: Merant Text Driver Options (Unix) - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION 5-ADVANCED ADMINISTRATION Manual

Connecting to Text Databases

Connecting to Text Databases

On Windows and UNIX, ColdFusion lets you access text databases using ODBC
drivers.

ODBC: Microsoft Text Driver options (Windows)

The following table describes ColdFusion ODBC options for Microsoft Text data
sources. You set these options when you configure a ColdFusion data source.
Option
Data Source Name
Description
Database Directory
Extensions List

ODBC: MERANT Text Driver options (UNIX)

The following table describes ColdFusion ODBC options for data sources created
with the MERANT Text driver. You set these options when you configure a
ColdFusion data source.
Option
Data Source Name
Description
Database Directory
Extensions List
Description
A name for your ODBC data source.
Descriptive information about the data source.
The directory that contains the text files.
Lists the filename extensions of the text files on the data
source. To use all files in the directory, enter *.*. To use only
files with specific extensions, add each extension that you
want to use.
Description
A name for your data source.
Descriptive information about the data source.
The directory that contains the text files.
Lists the filename extensions of the text files on the data
source. To use all files in the directory, enter *.*. To use only
files with specific extensions, add each extension that you
want to use.
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