SQL 2005 database authentication Problem

Question

In the past we have used sql user authentication to create
the CF datasource for SQL databases, however, we would like to use
windows authentication instead, does CF support windows
authentication?

Answer 1

OK, so in 7.01, you need to upgrade the drivers to get
Windows Authentication to work. The drivers that were built-in in 7
were the 3.4 version from Merant/DataDirect. They weren't updated
(as a default in the install of CF) until 8,when they were updated
to 3.6.
The 3.5 drivers added Windows authentication, and you can
apply them to a CF 7/7.01/7.02 install. Check out my blog entry:
http://carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2006/8/8/jdbc3.5_update
If you wonder what version of the drivers you may already be
running (in case someone may already have updated the drivers), see
this entry:
http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2006/8/8/checking_jdbc_driver_version
Or more simply, just try removing the username/password
values in the setup for the SQL Server DSN, to see if it works. If
not (and assuming it's not complaining about the CF account
username not being an authorized user of the DB), then it seems an
update of the drivers is in order. See my first blog entry above
for more on what the drivers offer, and why Adobe didn't just
update the drivers in the 7 updaters and cumulative hot fixes, so
that you must apply the update manually.