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Native Drivers: Oracle 7.3 and 8.0 Options (UNIX)
The following table describes ColdFusion Native driver options for Oracle 7.3 and 8.0
native driver data sources on either Windows NT or UNIX.
ODBC Drivers: MERANT Oracle 7 and Oracle 8 Options (UNIX)
The following table describes ColdFusion driver options for the MERANT Oracle 7 and
MERANT Oracle 8.0 ODBC driver s on UNIX.
The following table describes ColdFusion ODBC options for MERANT Oracle 7 and
MERANT Oracle 8 ODBC drivers.
Connecting to Oracle 7 and 8.0 Databases (UNIX)
Before ColdFusion applications can connect to Oracle 7 and 8.0 databases, you must
install the Oracle client software.
Oracle 8.0 Native Database Driver Options
Option Description
Data Source Name A name for your data source.
Description Descriptive information about the data source.
Host String Enter the database alias you created using the Oracle Net8 Easy
Config utility. To find the database alias for the database you
want to connect to, you can use the Oracle Net8 Easy Config
utility.
MERANT Oracle 7 and Oracle 8 ODBC Database Driver Options
Option Description
Data Source Name A name for your data source.
Description Descriptive information about the data source.
Connect String The client connection string designating the server and
database you want to access.
Performance Include REMARKS in Catalog Functions -- Specifies whether the
result column REMARKS for the catalog functions SQLTables and
SQLColumns and COLUMN_DEF for the catalog function
SQLColumns have meaning for Oracle.
Customization Enable scrollable cursors -- Enables scrollable cursors for the
data source. Both Keyset and Static cursors are enabled.