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sminrana
sminrana
Participating Frequently
May 13, 2009
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Coldfusion 8 installation with Latest Wamp Server

  • May 13, 2009
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Hello Guys

I need a very basic tutorial i am very new.....

How can i setup Coldfusion 8 with WampServer so that i can access My Sql database

N.B.  Please i need it quickly

Smin Rana

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craigkaminsky
Inspiring
May 13, 2009

Hi,

Found a web page that may just help you configure CF to your WAMP install:

http://www.tinkertech.net/tutor/wamp/index.html

General question, when you install(ed) CF8, what option did you choose (multi-server, etc.)? Did you run the web server connector toward the end of the install for Apache?

Mark Drew has a post on configuring CF8 for Apache via the CF installer. Granted it's for Mac Leopard but Apache is Apache and the general approach should work (specifically, check out Mark' screen shot of the Apache connector -- might be helpful).

For the MySQL part, CF8 should not have any trouble with that. Once CF is installed and working, you should be able to setup a MySQL datasource (CF8 Admin has two MySQL driver options: 1 for version 3 and 1 for versions 4 and 5) directly in the CF Administrator. I've never had an issue with using MySQL DBs in CF8 (CF7 required downloading a new connector, etc.).

sminrana
sminranaAuthor
Participating Frequently
May 13, 2009

what is webserver connector and i couldnt find the screenshot you were talking about Did you mean i should stop wamp during cf installation

Smin Rana

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craigkaminsky
Inspiring
May 13, 2009

You should absolutely have your WAMP system running when you install ColdFusion. The web server connector option (and screen) is presented to a user during installation, so you may need to reinstall CF8.

In brief, CF can be installed as a standalone web server (one that runs only on port 8500) or it can be tied in (connected) to your existing web server, be it IIS, Apache, etc. I think that most CF developers want CF tied into their system. I know that I prefer not to have to type or include or deal with port numbers in my URLs!

Here's a test: start the ColdFusion web service (since you're on Windows this should be easy to do from the 'Services' panel -- and CF may already be running, depending on your install options). Then open your browser and go to http://localhost:8500/CFIDE/administrator. If you see the administrator page, you've got CF running.

If it is running on port 8500, you can still connect to your MySQL databases and use CF. However, it's just not connected to Apache. You can manually connect CF to Apache but it isn't an easy thing to do, per se. It might be worth uninstalling CF and reinstalling using the tutorial link I posted previously.

When you get a chance, let me know if CF is running on port 8500 (above).

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