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mpsexton
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April 11, 2008
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Bob Flynn's Chapter 7

  • April 11, 2008
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I'm working through Bob's book and in Chapter 7 I'm trying to connect to the database. I'm on a MAC platform (10.2) USING A COLDFUSION LOCAL SERVER. The instructions say "In the Add New Data source box, enter newland as the Data Source Name. In the Driver drop-down menu, select Microsoft Access.

There is no choice for Microsoft Access in the drop down menu. None of the choices allows me to browse to the database file. How do I get ColdFusion to connect to the database?

The book has been great and everything has worked so far. This is pretty frustrating!

Thanks for your help with this.
Mary
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http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=184&cid=184 - subscription
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http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/setup_coldfusion_print.html

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2003/01/17/coldfusion_four.html?page=3

"mpsexton" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Are there any good sources for learning how to connect to databases in
> ColdFusion?


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Bob_Flynn__IN_Univ_
Bob_Flynn__IN_Univ_
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April 29, 2008
Hey Mary,

Thanks again for pointing this out. I will be posting instructions for using the MySQL instance in the MAMP installer so that you can use that database with ColdFusion. I'll post it here and on the book's errata page: http://bobflynn.info/books/DWCS3DA/errata.php.

Cheers,

Bob
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April 13, 2008
http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=184&cid=184 - subscription
required

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/setup_coldfusion_print.html

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2003/01/17/coldfusion_four.html?page=3

"mpsexton" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Are there any good sources for learning how to connect to databases in
> ColdFusion?


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mpsextonAuthor
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April 14, 2008
Thanks for the links--I'm sure I'll get some useful info!
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mpsextonAuthor
Participant
April 12, 2008
Are there any good sources for learning how to connect to databases in ColdFusion?
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Newsgroup_User
Inspiring
April 12, 2008
Mac does not support Access

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Ken Ford
Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver
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http://www.fordwebs.com


"mpsexton" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> I'm working through Bob's book and in Chapter 7 I'm trying to connect to
> the
> database. I'm on a MAC platform (10.2) USING A COLDFUSION LOCAL SERVER.
> The
> instructions say "In the Add New Data source box, enter newland as the
> Data
> Source Name. In the Driver drop-down menu, select Microsoft Access.
>
> There is no choice for Microsoft Access in the drop down menu. None of the
> choices allows me to browse to the database file. How do I get ColdFusion
> to
> connect to the database?
>
> The book has been great and everything has worked so far. This is pretty
> frustrating!
>
> Thanks for your help with this.
> Mary
>
>

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mpsextonAuthor
Participant
April 12, 2008
Great, now I know why I can't use the method in the book. How do I get ColdFusion to connect to a MySql version of the database?

thanks
Mary
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