Specify the following:
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Field
JDBC URL
Driver Class
Driver Name
Username
Password
Description
Click Show Advanced Settings to make the following settings:
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Field
Maintain Connection
CLOB
BLOB
Click Submit to complete the data source configuration.
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The name CompassTravel appears in the Connected Data Sources dialog box.
Click Verify All Connections to ensure that ColdFusion can access this file.
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OK appears in the Status column for successful connections.
If the connection to the compass travel data source fails, do the following:
Verify that the name of the data source file does not contain a space. If it does contain a
a
space, delete the data source from the Connected Data Source dialog box. To do this, click
the Delete action button associated with the CompassTravel data source name, then repeat
the steps in this procedure to reconfigure this data source.
Verify that the JDBC URL is correct.
b
Action
Enter the following JDBC URL for the Compass Travel PointBase files:
jdbc:pointbase:compasstravel,database.home=/<home location>/
wwwroot/cfdocs/getting_started/db
The following is the default home location for stand-alone ColdFusion
web server configurations:
/opt/coldfusionmx/wwwroot/cfdocs/getting_started/db
Enter the following driver class:
com.pointbase.jdbc.jdbcUniversalDriver
Specify PointBase.
Specify PBPUBLIC.
Specify PBPUBLIC.
Enter the following:
Database file for Compass Travel tutorial
Action
Disabled (clear)
Enabled (checked)
Enabled (checked)
Configuring database connection and debugging options
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