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August 28, 2025
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Coldfusion 2023 Updates 14 and/or 15 causes Oracle package to stop working.

  • August 28, 2025
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Using Coldfusion2023 update13 developers edition.  When I try to update to either update14 or update15, the Oracle package goes invalid.  The package management tool says it is installed, but the Coldfusion engine says that it is not installed and all my Oracle queries fail.  I tried to uninstall Oracle and reinstall with no change to the failing queries.  Even when I tried to rollback to update13, the problem still persisted after updating to either 14 or 15.  Any suggestions to get to the later more secure updates working?  I found some tips, regarding adding more JVM params, clearing some cache stuff, but none of those things helped the Oracle package work again.

    Correct answer Manfred25957789okyp

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    Success!!

    Thank you both for all the help, I am finally running update15 for Coldfusion 2023.


    By @Manfred25957789okyp

    That''s good news!

    Could you please summarize the steps you followed, including challenges faced?

    That will not only increase our knowledge. It will help fellow developers in future.


    My new business PC appears to have some proxy limitations when trying to install software (but not when using the browser).  Therefore, I followed the instructions to manually update Coldfusion when not on the internet:

    https://coldfusion.adobe.com/2024/09/a-simple-way-to-install-coldfusion-updates-manually-in-offline-mode/

    That advised me to download the package repository and use it to install the update which worked for me because my PC could get to the Adobe page (using the browser) to download the zip file.

     

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    Manfred25957789okypAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 29, 2025

    Only have a single version of Coldfusion running on my PC.

    Yes the Felix stuff was what I cleared to get the Admin working, but it didn't change anything regarding the Oracle package not working.

    Charlie Arehart
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    Charlie ArehartCommunity Expert
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    August 29, 2025

    Next, on that package manager page, under installed packages, find the oracle one. Which version is it now? Then pick the next older one and choose to downgrade to it. 

     

    On the prompt which appears, watch for it warning if doing that would also downgrade the "core". If it does not, then let the downgrade of the package proceed, which will NOT restart CF. 

     

    Then do your testing. If it works, we can discuss later why this was needed. If it does not, you could upgrade the package to the version you started with. 

     

    Finally, bkbk may have different thoughts now that you've answered his question. 

    /Charlie (troubleshooter, carehart. org)
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    Manfred25957789okypAuthor
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    August 29, 2025

    Package site URL:  https://www.adobe.com/go/cf2023_packages

    Computer & O/S:  Windows 11 Professional (Dell Pro 14 laptop)

    CF directory:   C:\Coldfusion2023

    BKBK
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    BKBKCommunity Expert
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    August 28, 2025

    I have a suggestion. But, first, I have to know your Operating System and the path of the ColdFusion directory.

    Charlie Arehart
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    Charlie ArehartCommunity Expert
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    August 28, 2025

    I hope the "cache stuff" was the felix-cache folder, under cfusion/bin. (And can you confirm, do you have only one instance of cf? The dev edition would support creating more than one, in which case there would be a different folder than cfusion where you should do that.)

     

    Finally, tell us please what value you see in the cf admin "package manager" page under its "settings" feature, specifically what is your "package site url"? 

    /Charlie (troubleshooter, carehart. org)
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