Debugging Database Driver Errors

ColdFusion relies on database drivers (JDBC or ODBC) for all its database interaction. You will receive database driver error messages when ColdFusion can’t communicate with the appropriate driver or when the driver can’t communicate with the database.

Database driver error messages are always generated by the driver, not by ColdFusion. ColdFusion merely displays whatever error message it has received from the database driver. Unfortunately these error messages are often cryptic or even misleading.

Database driver error messages always contain an error number, which in and of itself is pretty useless. A text message that describes the problem follows the error number, however. The text of these messages varies ...

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