Connect to Merant Excel Workbook Driver

If you run the Enterprise Edition of ColdFusion on a UNIX platform, you can configure a Merant Excel Workbook data source using ODBC drivers. To complete the connection:

  1. Select options as described in the following table. For the steps involved in configuring your data source, see Configure ODBC data sources.
     

Field

Description

Default

Data Source Name

This field displays the name you entered on the main Data Sources page. You can edit it here.

Filled

Description

Enter a brief description about the data source.

Blank

Database Workbook

Click Browse Server to locate and enter the path and filename of the Excel workbook to which you want to connect.

Blank

 

  1. Click Create to save the configuration.

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