Mike: I have not found a solution - I don't think it's possible. Your best bet is to setup a virtual 32 bit environment on your server and have it host both. That is what I ended up doing.
Thanks -Pat www.datanotion.com On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Mike Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings All - > > I am currently moving my Flex Application (which uses ColdFusion as the > backend) to my customer's production server - and I am coming to grips > with a frightening discovery: Microsoft has decided to drop JET support, > for servers running in 64-Bit mode. > > For some reason, this also translates to ADOBE not providing a native > Access ODBC Driver in ColdFusion 8 (64-Bit Edition). > > I understand that there comes a time in the software business, where we > must abandon older technologies in favor of new. However, there is > usually some advanced notice given, in addition to "backwards > compatibility options" for people that simply can't conform to the new > ways. > > As a company, WE have upgraded all of OUR servers & software, to the > latest technologies. But that doesn't change the fact that we have > CUSTOMERS that provide data to us, using virtually the only portable > Database format available (an Access .MDB file). > > I know this is the FlexCoders list and this is largely a ColdFusion > question, but I can only assume that a large number of you have been > faced with this problem & it makes sense to ask for help here. > > With that said, has anybody come across any solutions, that would allow > for creating an Access data source using ColdFusion 8 running on Windows > 2003 Server (in a 64-Bit environment across the board)? > > If a solution isn't found on this, heads will fly around here - as huge > investments have been made in order to launch this Flex Application. > > Thank you in advance for any information that could help shed some light > on this problem. > > Mike > >
