Connect to Informix 7.3 database

If you run the Enterprise Edition of ColdFusion on either a Windows NT or UNIX platform, you can configure an Informix version 7.3 or later database as a data source using native drivers. The configuration with a native driver is the same regardless of platform.

 

To complete the connection:

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

 

Field

Description

Default

Data Source Name

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

Filled

Description

Enter a brief description about the data source.

Blank

Default Database

Enter the name of the default database to which you want to connect.

Blank

Server

Enter the path and name of the Informix server. If the database is local, enclose the work local in parentheses: (local).

Blank

Host

Enter the name of the machine on which the Informix server resides.

Blank

Service

Enter the path and filename of the network services file. On Windows NT, this services file resides in  c:\winnt40\system32\drivers\etc.

Blank

Protocol

Enter the network protocol.

Blank

Client Locale

Enter the language, territory, and code set that ColdFusion, as the client application, uses to perform operations that read or write information to the database.

Blank

Database Locale

Enter the language, territory, and code set that the Informix server needs to interpret locale-sensitive data types.

Blank

Translation DLL

Enter the path and name of the translation DLL file to use to translate your data from one character set to another.

Blank

 

  1. Click Create to save the configuration.

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