CFMyAdmin Frequently Asked Questions

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Deployment Frequently Asked Questions

1. Can you connect to a remote database?
2. I can not get the application to connect. I get a connection failure message.
3. I get an error regarding a deprecated CONNECTSTRING Attribute!
4. Will CFMyAdmin work with ColdFusion on Linux?

• Can you connect to a remote database?

  Yes. You can enter the REMOTEHOST, USERNAME and PASSWORD on the connection dialog to manage a database on a remote machine. (You can also specify a port other than 3306 to connect through)

  If you can not enter details in the connection dialog, please edit the options.cfm file in the settings folder.

  View the documentation on the options.cfm file

  
  
  
• I can not get the application to connect. I get a connection failure message.

  Open the Options.cfm file and check the connection string is the string used for your copy of MySQL.

  The default value is : MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver

  
  
  
• I get an error regarding a deprecated CONNECTSTRING Attribute!

  Please update your copy of CFMyAdmin from our downloads page.

  This has been updated since Version 1 Beta 3 (Uploaded : 19/04/2004)

  
  
  
• Will CFMyAdmin work with ColdFusion on Linux?

  Yes. From Version 1 Beta 3 (Uploaded : 19/04/2004) you can use CFMyAdmin on Linux.

  We have tested CFMyAdmin on Redhat 9.0 with ColdFusion MX 6.1