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2. Click the Plus (+) button on the panel and select ODBC Database (Sun
JDBC-ODBC Driver) from the pop-up menu.
The ODBC Database (Sun JDBC-ODBC Driver) dialog box appears.
3.
Enter connTownsend as the connection name.
4.
(Windows only) Do one of the following:
If your server is on your local computer, select the Using Driver On
This Machine option.
If your server is on a remote system, select the Using Driver On
Testing Server option.
Macintosh users can ignore this step because all database connections
use drivers on the testing server.
5. Replace the
[odbc dsn]
CafeTownsend.
The URL text box should look like this:
jdbc:odbc:CafeTownsend
If you're using Dreamweaver on a Windows computer, during
installation, Dreamweaver created a DSN called CafeTownsend
pointing to the Microsoft Access database in the Dreamweaver
application folder.
6.
Click Test.
Dreamweaver attempts to connect to the database. If the connection
fails, do the following:
Double-check the DSN and the other connection parameters.
Check the settings for the folder Dreamweaver uses to process
dynamic pages (see
processed" on page
Consult Chapter 29, "Troubleshooting Database Connections"
Using Dreamweaver (Help > Using Dreamweaver).
7. Click OK.
The new connection appears in the Databases panel.
The sample JSP application is now set up for the Getting Started with
Dreamweaver tutorials. For more information, see
Web Application" on page
placeholder in the URL text box with
"Specifying where dynamic pages can be
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