Data Sources Backup

[phantomlord2k]

I am preparing to upgrade from MX7 to 8 in the next week or so. Is there a way to backup the data sources in case something goes wrong? I've also had other instances in the past where having some type of data source backup would be handy. Right now I just keep a spreadsheet of all the settings but if I need to redo all of them, that is very time consuming. Thanks!

[JR__Bob__Dobbs-qSBHQ2]

You could create a ColdFusion archive to backup your settings. This is an enterprise edition feature.
http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=ColdFu...

[Newsgroup_User]

phantomlord2k wrote:
> I am preparing to upgrade from MX7 to 8 in the next week or so. Is there a way
> to backup the data sources in case something goes wrong? I've also had other
> instances in the past where having some type of data source backup would be
> handy. Right now I just keep a spreadsheet of all the settings but if I need to
> redo all of them, that is very time consuming. Thanks!
>

Data source connection information is stored in an XML file.
neo-query.xml up through MX7 at least.

Don't know if one can import this file directly into 8 though, the file
format may have changed. This has worked in 6 and 7 generation servers.

[Newsgroup_User]

Ian Skinner wrote:
> Data source connection information is stored in an XML file.
> neo-query.xml up through MX7 at least.
>
> Don't know if one can import this file directly into 8 though, the file
> format may have changed.

No you can't. In CF 8 the file is split in 2 different files, one for
the drivers and one for the datasources.

Jochem


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Jochem van Dieten
Adobe Community Expert for ColdFusion