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No RDS allowed - alternatives?

Thread began 8/05/2009 12:29 pm by donald.l.moore379153 | Last modified 8/06/2009 10:21 am by Eric Mittman | 1714 views | 1 replies |

donald.l.moore379153

No RDS allowed - alternatives?

Hi,

We just got Dynamic Dropdowns extensions and are having difficulty in setting it up since our environment does not allow for RDS db connections (per my system administrator). I want to create dynamic drop downs that reads key data from a MS-SQL database (First will be with MS-Access to get it working / test, then will migrate to MS-SQL db).

For example
1st drop down would be: Brand (ie. Ford)
2nd drop down would be: Models under the brand (ie. Expedition)

I'm using a db to make it easier for our business analysts to update the dropdown information thats pulled into a form... We've used MX Widget for a number of years, but that is no longer available/retired/compatible - hence why we are trying to use Dynamic Dropdowns extension for use within Adobe CS4.

Any advice or suggestions to a possible workaround?

Thanks

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Eric Mittman

I think that it can be common for CF hosts to disable the RDS for security reasons. The only way that I know of to get around this is to install a local ColdFusion server so that you can develop and test locally on your machine. When you have it all working then you can just make sure to export your db to your live server and make sure that you have a datasource setup with the same name. On my machine I use the developer install that you can download directly from the internet.

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