Re: Connecting to the Datasource in ColdFusion 8 vs CF 6

["Ken Ford" <newsgroups2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

not sure if these help:

http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=basiconfig_37.html

http://localhost/CFIDE/adminapi/datasource.cfc

--
Ken Ford
Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver/ColdFusion
Fordwebs, LLC
http://www.fordwebs.com


"MKK2" <webforumsuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:g6d5sa$s0q$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi all,
>
> I have a CF6 application that is running well.  However, I'm in the process of 
> upgrading to CF8, and some of the code no longer works.  I've scoured the 
> documentation and haven't found information on the replacement code.
>
> My old code gets a datasource, acquires a database connection, uses the 
> connection, and then closes the datasource.
>
>
>       variables.dsService = CreateObject("java", 
> "coldfusion.server.ServiceFactory").DataSourceService;
>       variables.dsManager = dsService.getDman();
>       variables.dataSource = variables.dsManager.getDataSource(<data source 
> name goes here>);
>       variables.dbConnection = variables.dataSource.getConnection();
>       <code to use the db connection goes here>
>       variables.dbConnection.close();
>
> Under CF8, the error message is  "The getDman method was not found."  So I've 
> been unable to find any code that will let me get access to an object that 
> implements DataSource, so that I can use my connections.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Mike K.