Doing it directly in the Windows ODBC cpanel applet is just as simple, arguably more so. I've always just used that, personally.
Or do you not have admin access to the server? ------------------------------------------- Matt Robertson, [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSB Designs, Inc. http://mysecretbase.com ------------------------------------------- ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Jim McAtee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 16:49:05 -0600 >Has anyone made the necessary mods to the CF5 Administrator that they'd care to >share? We're thinking of using MySQL and MyODBC for some new projects and it >would certainly be handy if we could create/edit the ODBC DSNs from the CF >Administrator. > >Thanks, >Jim > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Stephen Moretti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 8:44 AM >Subject: Re: CF and MySQL > > >> > I want to create an ODBC connection to MySQL on my >> > local machine. >> > >> > I installed MySQL and have the services running. >> > >> > What is the driver for it? >> > >> mySQL - it should already be there, but if not, you might need the ODBC >> drivers off of the mySQL website. >> >> One thing you will notice.... >> CFMX - you should have a mySQL db type when you're adding the DSN in the CF >> administrator >> Pre-MX on windows - you will need to add a mySQL ODBC connection via the >> Datasource Control Panel and update the entries in the CF administrator. >> >> Regards >> >> Stephen > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

