Connecting to the Datasource in ColdFusion 8 vs CF 6

Question

Hi all,
I have a CF6 application that is running well. However, I'm
in the process of upgrading to CF8, and some of the code no longer
works. I've scoured the documentation and haven't found information
on the replacement code.
My old code gets a datasource, acquires a database
connection, uses the connection, and then closes the datasource.
variables.dsService = CreateObject("java",
"coldfusion.server.ServiceFactory").DataSourceService;
variables.dsManager = dsService.getDman();
variables.dataSource =
variables.dsManager.getDataSource(<data source name goes
here>);
variables.dbConnection =
variables.dataSource.getConnection();
<code to use the db connection goes here>
variables.dbConnection.close();
Under CF8, the error message is "The getDman method was not
found." So I've been unable to find any code that will let me get
access to an object that implements DataSource, so that I can use
my connections.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Mike K.

Answer 1

not sure if these help:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=basiconfig_37.html
http://localhost/CFIDE/adminapi/datasource.cfc
Ken Ford
Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver/ColdFusion
Fordwebs, LLC
http://www.fordwebs.com
"MKK2" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I have a CF6 application that is running well. However,
I'm in the process of
> upgrading to CF8, and some of the code no longer works.
I've scoured the
> documentation and haven't found information on the
replacement code.
>
> My old code gets a datasource, acquires a database
connection, uses the
> connection, and then closes the datasource.
>
>
> variables.dsService = CreateObject("java",
> "coldfusion.server.ServiceFactory").DataSourceService;
> variables.dsManager = dsService.getDman();
> variables.dataSource =
variables.dsManager.getDataSource(<data source
> name goes here>);
> variables.dbConnection =
variables.dataSource.getConnection();
> <code to use the db connection goes here>
> variables.dbConnection.close();
>
> Under CF8, the error message is "The getDman method was
not found." So I've
> been unable to find any code that will let me get access
to an object that
> implements DataSource, so that I can use my connections.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Mike K.
>