Macromedia® Dreamweaver® MX 2004 Magic

Appendix B. Creating Database Connections

This appendix will cover creating database connections in Dreamweaver MX 2004. To create a dynamic page in Dreamweaver, you need to create a connection to your Data Source. There are several different combinations of databases and drivers that you can use for each server model, but they all work about the same way. This appendix looks at how to set up common connections for the most popular databases in Dreamweaver. If you are using a different driver or database, the process should be roughly the same, but the dialogs or wording may be slightly different.

Creating ColdFusion Data Sources

Adding new Data Sources in ColdFusion is simple. If you’re testing on a remote server and don’t have access to the ColdFusion ...