User Guide

122 Chapter 6 Managing Data Sources
Installing and Configuring ColdFusion Server
Configuring Microsoft SQL Server Options (UNIX)
If you install ColdFusion Server on a UNIX server, you can configure Microsoft SQL
Server as a ColdFusion data source using an ODBC driver.
The following table describes ColdFusion options for the MERANT MS SQL Server
ODBC driver. You set these options when you configure a ColdFusion data source.
Option Description
Data Source Name A name for your ODBC data source.
Description Descriptive information about the data source.
Database Name The name of the database to which you want to connect.
Server IP Address The IP Address of the server that contains the SQL database
that you want to access.
Server Port The number of the TCP/IP port which the server monitors for
connections.
Create Stored
Procedures
Determines whether stored procedures should be created on
every call, only if parameters are specified, or never.
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