[thelist] Self-expiring data sources in CFMX?

[.jeff]

jeff,

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> From: Jeff Haas
>
> I'm having a weird problem with CFMX that I haven't run
> into before on any platform. I'm developing a MX
> application with an Access database on a server hosted
> on a shared box in Ottawa and have configured my DSNs
> with their web-based control panel.  Nothing out of the
> ordinary here. Just the regular stuff.
>
> The problem is that the DSN self-expires every few
> days. It just stops being accessible to CF, but remains
> registered as a system DSN. I have to delete the DSN
> and set it up again in order to get CF to work properly.
>
> I've asked tech support about it and they say it's a
> common problem with MX for which there is no solution. I
> can't believe that. Has anyone else run into it? If so,
> how did you resolve it?
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i administer a box running cfmx that has a datasource setup for an access
database and i've never noticed the problem you cite.

i tried finding some mention of something like this in macromedia's web
forum and couldn't find anything.  perhaps it's an issue with their system
and not with cfmx.

.jeff

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