These are the functional parts of a ColdFusion application, including the user interface pages and forms that handle data input and format data output. ColdFusion makes it simple to pass data to a data source and to receive and format data for display. ODBC Data Sources ColdFusion uses ODBC to interact with a database therefore you can use any database that supports ODBC as a data source for your Cold Fusion applications. A ColdFusion data source can be any ODBC-compliant database, as well as an Excel spreadsheet, a text file, an LDAP directory server and others. Set up your ColdFusion server You'll need FTP access to a server running ColdFusion and a good editor .
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MySQL is an open source alternative for your database needs. A copy of Cold Fusion and a good text editor. Install your database. Access Oracle SQL MySQL Sybase 2. Install your web server.