User Guide

Connecting to Oracle R3 (8.1.7), Oracle 9i 51
Connecting to Oracle R3 (8.1.7), Oracle 9i
Use the settings in the following table to connect ColdFusion MX to Oracle R3 (8.1.7), Oracle 9i
data sources:
BLOB Buffer The default buffer size, used if Enable binary large object retrieval (BLOB)
is not selected. Default 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.
SID Name The Oracle System Identifier that refers to the instance of the Oracle
database software running on the server. 'ORCL' is the default.
Server The name of the server that hosts the database that you want to use. If the
database is local, enclose the word local in parentheses.
Port The number of the TCP/IP port that the server monitors for connections.
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.
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.
String Format Enable this option if your application uses Unicode data in DBMS-specific
Unicode datatypes such as National Character or nchar.
Max Pooled Statements Enables reuse of prepared statements (that is, stored procedures and
queries that use the
cfqueryparam tag). Although you tune this setting
based on your application, start by setting it to the sum of the following:
• Unique
cfquery tags that use cfqueryparam
• Unique cfstoredproc tags
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.
Setting Description