You can have Access store the username/password in the links. There is a checkbox when setting up the links that says store username/password.
If you're not joining on Access tables, you're better off querying the oracle tables directly, instead of going through an Access link. > -----Original Message----- > From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 2:24 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: connecting to linked ODBC data... > > > hey all... > > i'm currently connecting to an Access .mdb file...which has > linked tables in it. The linked tables are linked to an > Oracle database, which requires a username and password. > > the .mdb file itself is not password protected. > > So...if I do not pass username/password attributes in my > <cfquery> tag, I can get to the Access tables fine...but not > the linked tables. If I *do* pass username/password > attributes in my <cfquery> tag, well...same thing :) > > Apparently, Access doesn't take the username/password and > pass it to the Oracle tables when prompted for authentication. > > Any easy solution that I'm overlooking? > > thx, > Charlie > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
