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50 Chapter 3: Data Source Management
Connecting to Microsoft Access
Use the settings in the following table to connect ColdFusion MX to Microsoft Access data
sources:
Timeout (min) The number of minutes that ColdFusion MX maintains an unused connection
before destroying it.
Interval (min) The time (in minutes) that the server waits between cycles to check for expired
data source connections to close.
Disable
Connections If selected, suspends all client connections.
Login Timeout
(sec) The number of seconds before ColdFusion MX times out the data source
connection login attempt.
CLOB Select to return the entire contents of any CLOB/Text columns in the database
for this data source. If not selected, ColdFusion MX retrieves the number of
characters specified in the Long Text Buffer setting.
BLOB Select to return the entire contents of any BLOB/Image columns in the database
for this data source. If not selected, ColdFusion MX retrieves the number of
characters specified in the BLOB Buffer setting.
LongText Buffer The default buffer size, used if the CLOB option is not selected. The default
value is
64000
bytes.
BLOB Buffer The default buffer size; used if the BLOB option is not selected. The default
value is
64000
bytes.
Allowed SQL The SQL operations that can interact with the current data source.
Setting Description
CF Data Source
Name The data source name (DSN) used by ColdFusion MX to connect to the data
source.
Database File The file that contains the database.
System Database
File To secure access to the specified database file, click Browse Server to locate
and enter a database that contains database security information. The system
database is usually located in the same directory as the MDB file or in the
windows\system32\system.mdw directory.
Use Default
Username If selected, ColdFusion MX does not pass a user name or password when
requesting a connection. The Microsoft Access driver uses the default user name
and password.
ColdFusion
Username The user name that ColdFusion MX passes to the JDBC driver to connect to the
data source if a ColdFusion application does not supply a user name (for
example, in a
cfquery
tag).
ColdFusion
Password The password that ColdFusion MX passes to the JDBC driver to connect to the
data source if a ColdFusion application does not supply a password (for
example, in a
cfquery
tag).
Setting Description