my guess would be that ur running 32bit CF and thus everything in 32bit mode.
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Roberto Perez <r...@technologist.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I found a few posts on this list from 2009 discussing how CF8 on a 64-bit > system will not work with MS Access ODBC drivers. > > Not being aware of that (I've been away from CF for a couple of years) last > week I created several MS Access ODBC connections on a W2008 R2 64-bit > system. Cold Fusion was version 8, 32-bit. The connections worked fine and > the .cfm pages displayed database content properly. > > A week later, the database connectivity does not work anymore. The debugging > page says source is not accessible, and the Data & Services -> Data Sources > section in the CF administrative interface fails to verify the MS Access > connections (other connection verify OK). All this to be expected, BTW, if > the MS Access ODBC is not supposed to work on a 64-bit system. > > The two CF ODBC services (ColdFusion 8 ODBC Agent and ColdFusion 8 ODBC > Server) are stopped, and when I try to start them, I get the message "The > ColdFusion 8 ODBC server service on local computer started and then stopped." > (also to be expected as per previous exchanges). > > So I have 2 questions about this: > > - If this set up is not supposed to work, how come last week I was able to > create the ODBC connections, they verified fine in the CF administrator, and > the database content was served properly? > > - The CF administrator lets me create an MS Access ODBC using the Microsoft > Access with Unicode driver. I created a test ODBC and it verifies OK. What's > the implications of using this driver instead? I mean, will the content of my > database be treated differently, with strange character conversions or > something? > > Thank you for any input you may have. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:348780 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
