How do I connect ColdFusion Admin to MySQL

Question

I have CF8 working now and I can render CF code but I am
having trouble getting CF8
on my MacBook Pro to talk to a MySQL database.
In the CF Administrator when I choose a datasource I choose a
MySQL datbase name
and select the MySQL driver 4/5 --- then what do I do.
What folder do I put my MySQL database in? What path do I
enter?
I am so in the dark on this (because I've never done this in
my life).
I'm not worried about the cfquerey code what is frustarting
is how do I
connect CF Administrator Datasource selector to a MySQL
database.
It seems like it should be so simple.
1. I am new to MySQL so I don't even know where the database
I create in MySQL is.
I type in pwd and that doesn't work in MySQL.
2. Is there a web page that shows the process of selecting a
database in MySQL and connecting
to it through the CF Administrator. I get weird error
messages when I try to submit a MySQL
database.
Blake

Answer 1

have you installed mysql and verified it is running?
mysql is NOT a file-based db - there is no FILE to put in any
FOLDER.
mysql is a DB SERVER - it runs on a certain server on a
particular PORT
(default is localhost:3306), under a username and password
combination
you set up. once you have mysql installed, this is all you
need to tell
cf to connect to a mysql db: server and port, username and
password.
make sure you set up users and grant them only basic
permissions
(select, insert, update and possibly delete) for your db's in
myslq and
then use those users' credentials for the cf dsn setup - do
not use the
ROOT user with all privileges for your cf DSNs.
in light of recent cf-targeted sql injection attacks i will
advise you
to run mysql in NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES mode.
mysql.com has very good online and downloadable docs.
hth
Azadi Saryev
Sabai-dee.com
http://www.sabai-dee.com/