User Guide

Chapter 4: Managing Data Sources 97
Connecting to ASCII Text Databases
ColdFusion lets you access ASCII text databases on both Windows NT and UNIX, via
ODBC drivers.
Configuring Microsoft Text options (Windows)
If ColdFusion Server is installed on a Windows NT server, you can configure ASCII text
files as ColdFusion data sources using an ODBC driver.
ODBC: Microsoft Text Options (Windows)
The following table describes ColdFusion ODBC options for data sources you create
with the Microsoft Text driver.
Configuring Microsoft Text ODBC options (UNIX)
ODBC: MERANT Text Driver Options (Solaris)
The following table describes ColdFusion ODBC options for data sources created with
the MERANT Text driver.
Microsoft Text ODBC Options
Option Description
Data Source Name A name for your ODBC data source.
Description Descriptive information about the data source.
Database Directory The directory where the text files are found.
Extensions List Lists the file name extensions of the text files on the data source.
To use all files in the directory, enter *.*. To use only those files
with certain extensions, add each extension you want to use.
MERANT Text ODBC Options
Option Description
Data Source Name A name for your data source.
Description Descriptive information about the data source.