Thanks Dave, that's what I was afraid of.
>> Does anyone know how to setup a datasource to authenticate with Active >> Directory. We are moving away from service accounts on SQL Server and I >> need to pass the Windows login credentials through my CF apps to SQL Server >> so the user is allowed access to certain views and sprocs. For example >> in .net you add "IntegratedSecurity=SSPI" to the connection script and your >> done. > >Are you talking about passing the end-user's credentials to the >database? If so, I'm pretty sure that CF simply doesn't support this, >as it doesn't have the ability to impersonate users. .NET applications >can do this sort of thing because they're tightly tied to Windows, run >in-process with IIS, etc. However, you can use Windows Authentication >to pass the service account's credentials to CF, which is not the >default behavior. > >In any case, even if you could do this, it would generally be a bad >idea for performance reasons. Each user would have their own >connection pool, and you wouldn't be able to reuse connections across >users. > >Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software >http://www.figleaf.com/ > >Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized >instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, >Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. >Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:322808 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
