Connecting To Db2 Universal Database - MACROMEDIA COLFUSION MX 7 - CONFIGURING AND ADMINISTERING COLDFUSION MX Manual

Guidelines for data sources
When you add data sources to ColdFusion MX, keep the following guidelines in mind:
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Data source names should be all one word.
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Data source names can contain only letters, numbers, hyphens, and the underscore character
(_).
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Data source names should not contain special characters or spaces.
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Although data source names are not case-sensitive, you should use a consistent capitalization
scheme.
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Depending on the JDBC driver, connection strings and JDBC URLs might be case-sensitive.
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Ensure that you use the Administrator to verify that ColdFusion MX can connect to the data
source.
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A data source must exist in the ColdFusion MX Administrator before you use it on an
application page to retrieve data.

Connecting to DB2 Universal Database

This section discusses using the ColdFusion MX Administrator to define data sources for DB2
Universal Database (UDB). For information on defining data sources that work with DB2 for
OS/390 or iSeries, see
versions that ColdFusion MX supports, go to www.macromedia.com/go/sysreqscf.
Note: DB2 UDB refers to all versions of DB2 running on Windows, UNIX, and Linux/s390
platforms.
Use the settings in the following table to connect ColdFusion MX to DB2:
Setting
CF Data Source
Name
Database
Server
Port
Username
Password
Description
"Connecting to other data sources" on page
Description
The data source name (DSN) used by ColdFusion MX to connect to the data
source.
The name of the database.
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.
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 tag).
cfquery
The user name must have CREATE PACKAGE privileges for the database, or
the database administrator must create a package. Consult the database
administrator when configuring this type of data source.
The password 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 tag).
cfquery
(Optional) A description for this connection.
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