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CONFIGURING AND ADMINISTERING COLDFUSION 10
Data Source Management
JDBC drivers are stored in JAR files. For example, the JDBC drivers that are supplied with ColdFusion are in the
_drivers.jar file. If you are using another JDBC driver, you must store it in the ColdFusion classpath. For example,
cf_root/cfusion/lib (server configuration) or cf_webapp_root/WEB-INF/cfusion/lib (multiserver or J2EE
configuration).
Supplied drivers
The following table lists the database drivers supplied with ColdFusion and where you can find more information
about them:
Driver
Apache Derby Client
Apache Derby Embedded
DB2 Universal Database
DB2 OS/390
Informix
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access with Unicode support
Microsoft SQL Server
MySQL
ODBC Socket
Oracle
Other
Sybase
To see a list of database versions that ColdFusion supports, go to www.adobe.com/go/learn_cfu_cfsysreqs_en.
When running in the J2EE configuration, the ColdFusion Administrator also lets you configure a data source that
connects to a JNDI data source. A Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) data source is equivalent to a
ColdFusion data source, except you define it by using your J2EE application server. After it's defined, ColdFusion
applications use it as they would any data source. For information on defining a JNDI data source, see
JNDI data
sources" on page 93.
Adding data sources
In the ColdFusion Administrator, you configure your data sources to communicate with ColdFusion. After you add a
data source to the Administrator, you access it by name in any CFML tag that establishes database connections; for
example, in the cfquery tag. During a query, the data source tells ColdFusion which database to connect to and what
parameters to use for the connection.
The ColdFusion Administrator organizes information about all ColdFusion server database connections in a single
location. In addition to adding data sources, you can use the Administrator to specify changes to your database
configuration, such as relocation, renaming, or changes in security permissions.
Type
For more information
"Connecting to Apache Derby
"Connecting to Apache Derby
4
"Connecting to DB2 Universal
4
"Connecting to other data
4
"Connecting to
Informix" on page 75
3
"Connecting to Microsoft
2
"Connecting to Microsoft Access with
4
"Connecting to Microsoft SQL
4
"Connecting to
MySQL" on page 82
3
"Connecting to ODBC
Socket" on page 86
4
"Connecting to
Oracle" on page 87
"Connecting to other data
4
"Connecting to
Sybase" on page 91
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Client" on page 72
Embedded" on page 73
Database" on page 74
sources" on page 89
Access" on page 77
Unicode" on page 78
Server" on page 79
sources" on page 89
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"Connecting to
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