User Guide

12 Chapter 1: Essential Information
* ColdFusion MX only supports the built-in web server for this platform. Macromedia does not recommend using the
built-in web server in a production environment.
† To install ColdFusion MX in Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows 2003, you must
already have the following components installed: MDAC 2.6 SP2 (www.microsoft.com/data/download.htm) and the
Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 runtime http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;259403).
£ ColdFusion MX does not include the driver for this database. For more information, see “Connecting to an external
JDBC Type 4 data source” on page 65.
Java Virtual Machine (JVM)
Note: ColdFusion MX 6.1 ships with the Sun 1.4.2 JVM.
Sun JDK/JRE 1.3.1 or later x x x
IBM JVM 1.2.2–1.3 or later x x x
Browsers for ColdFusion MX Administrator
Internet Explorer 5.x, 6 x x x
Netscape Communicator 4, 6 x x x
Mozilla 1.0 x x x
Databases
Oracle 8i R2-R3 (8.1.6 - 8.1.7)
Oracle 9i R1-R2
x
Sybase Adaptive Server 11.5 and higher
Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.0 and 12.5
x
DB2 UDB for Windows, UNIX, Linux, and
Linux/s390 v7.1, v7.2, v8.1
DB2 UDB for OS/390 v6.1
DB2 UDB for z/OS and OS/390 v7.1, v7.2
x
Informix Dynamic Server 9.2x and 9.3x x
Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, 2000 (including service
packs 1, 2, and 3)
xxx
MySQL 3.23.47 x x x
Microsoft Access 97, 98, 2000, 2003 (MDAC 2.6
sp2 or higher)
xxx
SQLAnywhere£ x x x
PostgreSQL£ x x x
Requirement
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