Hi Dave
Here's a somewhat long answer and a changed subject line
On Monday, July 1, 2002, at 12:18 AM, Dave Phipps wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would also like to know how you got CFMX to run on Mac OSX. Is it
> running on Mac OSX server or the desktop version?
>
It is running on plain old Mac OS X (originally 10.1.4, updated to
10.1.5)
It runs quite well along with MySQL, Pointbase, Postgre, Sendmail, etc.,
(plus all the desktop stuff) on a
333GHZ iMac
256Meg RAM
6 Gig Hard Disk
External 60 gig USB HD
I used the default installation of CFMX which includes Web Server, CFMX
Web Application Server, PointBase RDBS)... everything a CFMX web
developer needs (to replicate a Web Host on a local machine) as part of
a local IDE.
You should be able to interface CFMX to the existing OS X Apache web
server, but I have not done this.
The default CFMX Web server listens on port 8500, so you can run the
default CFMX Web server along side the Apache Web server...
BTW, The MM Pet Market Blueprint application runs just fine on the
above configurateion
My objective was/is to install a complete CFMX local IDE on a local
machine.for development,
I do not intend to deploy it in a production web site... I'll leave that
for others.
I think it is OK, to use CFMX on OS X in this way... I would not want to
run a production site with an unsupported product.
I did post a quick checklist of the port for experienced Linux/Unix
users... this will appear in more detail form in a later O'Reilly
article.
The articles are targeted at Mac users and Web developers who may not
know that CF is now a viable option for them.
As such, there is a lot of preliminary stuff (article 1 & 2) that may
not be of use to proficient CF/Linux developers.
I am in the process of reinstalling and double checking the port. I
think it is necessary to cover the installation of Linux on Virtual PC
because:
it is not a common installation for most VPC or Mac OS X users
it is not documented anywhere that I could find
it is a several-hour process with quite a few options
incorrect option selection can cause you to reinstall
If I can get the:
VPC/Linux install
the CFMX Linux install
the port to OS X
within the word count limit for the 3rd article, the port will appear
there. Otherwise it will be in article 4.
Sorry, but that's the way the series was setup.
Here's a repost that includes the port checklist
The long answer (for non-cf'ers and non- 'Nix'ers is (will be) on
O'Reilly at:
http://www.macdevcenter.com/mac/
or
http://www.oreillynet.com/javascript/
The short answer:
Anyway here's the port.
!. Install the Trial RH Linux 7.2 (native Linux Box or VPC emulation)
Use all default options except install path should be
/home/coldfusionmx/
2. targzip the /home tree
3. copy to Mac OS X
4. Expand the targz at cd /
5. modify the /bin/coldfusion shell script to
point to Mac JVM instead of installed JVM
Modify CLASSPATH and env Variables for OS X
launch /home/coldfusionmx/lib/cfusion.jar
6. Modify /home/coldfusionmx/runtime/bin/jvm.config similar to 5
7. move any needed (Non CFMX) jdbc drivers to /Library/Java/Extensions
8. start any db servers needed
9. run the modified shell script
10. Access the default server with localhost:8500
> To answer your question about migrating from Access to MySQL. I simply
> set
> up the MySQL db then in Access export the tables using ODBC to the MySQL
> db. You'll need to setup a dsn to point to the MySQL db. Once you have
> exported all of the tables you'll need to alter the data types of the
> columns as they will all be different from what you had on the Access
> db. I just go through and do lots of alter table tblname modify etc
> etc...
> for each table in the mySQL db.
>
My question was meant to be
[How] can I access MS-Access dbs using CFMX Linux?
But thanks for the info!
Dick
> If you need any other info then please let me know.
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave
>
> At 11:22 6/30/2002 +0800, you wrote:
>> Please let me know how you made ColdFusion work on MacOSX.
>>
>> P.V.Anthony
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dick Applebaum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "CF-Linux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 1:52 AM
>> Subject: CFMX Linux - can you use a MS-Access db
>>
>>
>>> I am new to CF-Linux -- I posted this to CF=Talk, but may have better
>>> results here.
>>>
>>> I am running CfMX Linux (Well, actually on Mac OS X).
>>>
>>> I want to convert some MS-Access db's that I have to MySQL,
>>> PostgreSQL,
>>> etc.
>>>
>>> I would like to do this with ColdFusion... I already have the CF
>>> programs from a prior migration to MS-SQL (available on a remote
>>> hosted
>>> site).
>>>
>>> I want to functionally duplicate these Access databases on a local
>>> site
>>> using MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc. (I don't have MS-SQL locally).
>>>
>>> I already have CF programs that read the Access dbs, then create and
>>> populate the equivalent on (whatever).
>>>
>>> My question is this:
>>>
>>> Can I Use CFMX running on non-windows, non-intel to get at the
>>> existing
>>> MS-Access mdbs?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> Dick
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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