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Anonymous
March 24, 2009
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Coldfusion 8 Installation problem

  • March 24, 2009
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I uninstalled version MX7 and ran a full installation of Coldfusion 8 on a Windows 2003 Server running IIS. The Windows Services for "ColdFusion 8 Application Server" and "ColdFusion 8 Search Server" are set to Automatic and start just fine.

The Windows Services for "ColdFusion 8 ODBC Server" and "ColdFusion 8 ODBC Agent" are Automatic but will not start. The Services use D:\ColdFusion8\db\slserver54\bin\swstrtr.exe and D:\ColdFusion8\db\slserver54\bin\swagent.exe but the \bin\ folder does not exists at all.

There were no errors during the installation. Am I correct in assuming that I will need these Services if I need to set up a Coldfusion ODBC to connect to a SQL Server database.

Thanks in advance.
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Correct answer Newsgroup_User
yes, you will need these services to create and use ODBC data sources.
a while ago there was a fault in CF8 installer that would not install
ODBC services... iirc, it had something to do with enabling/disabling
RDS during cf8 installation...

i am pretty sure that this has been fixed, and if you download a fresh
cf8 install file from adobe.com you will not have this issue...

Azadi Saryev
Sabai-dee.com
http://www.sabai-dee.com/

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Newsgroup_UserCorrect answer
Inspiring
March 25, 2009
yes, you will need these services to create and use ODBC data sources.
a while ago there was a fault in CF8 installer that would not install
ODBC services... iirc, it had something to do with enabling/disabling
RDS during cf8 installation...

i am pretty sure that this has been fixed, and if you download a fresh
cf8 install file from adobe.com you will not have this issue...

Azadi Saryev
Sabai-dee.com
http://www.sabai-dee.com/
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Anonymous
March 25, 2009

Thank you for your prompt response. I will pursue that today.

Thanks again
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Anonymous
March 25, 2009
To follow up, I was able to recreate the bad installation symtoms several times by using the installation DVD that I received. I was able to perform a successful installation using a new downloaded version.

Thanks again!
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