Ben, There are no JET drivers... You can still access excel in other ways :)
-mark Mark A. Kruger, CFG, MCSE (402) 408-3733 ext 105 www.cfwebtools.com www.coldfusionmuse.com www.necfug.com -----Original Message----- From: Ben Mueller [mailto:bmuel...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 2:12 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: CF8 Enterprise worth the cost? Any experience with it in a virtual environment? Thanks for the reply. So it's really the case that there's no way to access an Excel doc via the 64-bit edition? That could be a bit of a stumbling block. >The ability to run 64 bit is sometimes worth the cost... More to do >with hardware than CF :) For one thing you can run a huge heap on 64x >- there is no more 1.5 gig limitation on the JVM heap size. That's very >important for some applications that have reached their limit. You can >also use cfthread and fine tune the threading for other processes that used to be limited... > >We had a plan for a 2 LB server solution for a customer with a couple >million visitors a day. We moved them to a single 64 bit server >(connected to a 64 bit MSSQL server) and they haven't had a single >timed out response yet. We are moving at a leisurely pace to get the >other server in the LB since there are no longer any performance issues. > >Just remember, you can't run Jet (Access or Excel) on 64 bit. If you >are using Access or the jet driver to hit excel etc then you should reconsider. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:320970 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
