User Guide

50 Chapter 3: Data Source Management

Connecting to ODBC Socket

Type 3 driver. Use the settings in the following table to connect ColdFusion MX to ODBC

Socket data sources:

Setting Description

CF Data Source Name The data source name (DSN) used by ColdFusion MX to connect to the

data source.

ODBC DSN Select the ODBC DSN to which you want ColdFusion MX to connect.

Trusted Connection Specifies whether to use domain user account access to the database.

Only valid for SQL Server.

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.

Password The password (16-character limit) 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.

Description (Optional) A description for this connection.

Connection String A field that passes database-specific parameters, such as login

credentials, to the data source.

Limit Connections Specifies whether ColdFusion MX limits the number of database

connections for the data source. If you enable this option, use the Restrict

Connections to field to specify the maximum.

Restrict Connections to Specifies the maximum number of database connections for the data

source. To use this restriction, you must enable Limit Connections.

Maintain Connections ColdFusion MX establishes a connection to a data source for every

operation that requires one. Enable this option to improve performance by

caching the data source connection.

Timeout (min) The maximum number of minutes after the data source connection is

made that you want ColdFusion MX to cache a connection after it is used.

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.

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

amount 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

amount specified in the Blob Buffer setting.

LongText Buffer The default buffer size, used if Enable Long Text Retrieval(CLOB) is not

selected. Default is 64000 bytes.