Debbie, A quick search reveals does not give any hint other than this to me - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15501832/oracle-xe-stopped-working-tns-listener-refused-connection
Could you give us the exact error message and possibly the oracle error code which would be something like ORA-XXXXX On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 12:37 AM, Debbie Eddy <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have client using Oracle 11 (I do not have Oracle) and I am trying to > create a datasource in CF8 admin using the data they gave me via vpn. > > I entered : > JDBC URL exactly as they gave me > Driver Class: oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver > and un / pw they gave me > > I downloaded to C:\ColdFusion8\runtime\lib 2 files: > ojdbc6.jar and ojdbc14.jar (not sure which one I need) > > Tried to connect and get a 'refuse' error > > Client not responding to helping me debug and I am stuck > > Any help greatly appreciated > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:356345 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm

