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Connecting to Informix Databases 27
Configuring Informix using the native driver
The configuration options for ColdFusion native drivers are the same for Windows
NT and UNIX. The following table describes ColdFusion options for the Informix
native driver. You set these options when you configure a ColdFusion data source.
Connecting to Informix data sources (UNIX)
Before you can connect to an Informix data source through ColdFusion, you must
perform the following tasks:
1 Install the Informix client software.
2 Edit the following files: ColdFusion start script, SQLHOSTS, master NIS, and
$INFORMIXDIR/etc/onconfig.
3 Stop and restart ColdFusion Server.
Installing the Informix client software
The Informix client software does not ship with ColdFusion, but you can download it
from the Informix Web site.
To install the Informix client software:
1 Download the appropriate client software from http://www.informix.com .
Option Description
Data Source Name A name for your data source.
Description Descriptive information about the data source.
Default Database The name of the database to which you want to connect by
default.
Server The name of the Informix server, including the full path.
Host The name of the machine on which the Informix server
resides.
Service The network services file.
On Windows NT, the services file is located in
C:\winnt40\system32\drivers\etc. On UNIX, the file is located
in /etc.
Protocol The network protocol.
Client Locale Specifies the language, territory, and code set that the client
application (ColdFusion) uses to perform operations that read
or write to the database.
Database Locale Specifies the language, territory, and code set that the
Informix server needs to interpret locale-sensitive data types.
Translation DLL Leave blank.