[thelist] CF: Determining which DB used.

[Raymond Camden]

Well, remember that CF uses a datasource to tell what DB to hit. If you
move from SQL Server to MySQL and keep the same datasource name, you
don't have to change anything! (Major caveat to follow.) Another option
- keep the DSN as an application variable:

	application.dsn = "SQLServer_FooMama";

and use the var in your queries:
	
	<CFQUERY NAME="GetIt" DATASOURCE="#Application.DSN#">

then you only need to change one file if you change your DSN.

Major Caveat: Just changing the backend is ONLY safe if you have used
SQL statements that work in both the old DB and the new DB. There are
things you can do to ensure that this won't be a problem. You can also
do things like abstracting your db calls to custom tags, which is what
Spectra does. I did this on a project recently where I had to switch
databases... not products, but structures, and having my db calls in one
set of tags made migration _very_ easy.

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Raymond Camden, Principal Spectra Compliance Engineer for Macromedia

Email    : jedimaster at macromedia.com
Yahoo IM : morpheus

"My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda 

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> Hi,
> 
> The apps I write are cross platform, thus different DBs come into 
> play. Access or SQL 7 on PC, and MySQL on Linux. Is there a way of 
> automatically determining what database I'm using without having to 
> resort to creating a global variable and changing it every time I 
> move my app? It's a little thing that would make the transitions 
> smoother.
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