# Chapter 4
Managing Data Sources

ColdFusion facilitates the delivery of dynamic database content to the Web in a very short time-frame Before you can use a database in a ColdFusion application, you must register data source in the ColdFusion Administrator. This chapter is organized by database type and connection type.

### Contents

- About ColdFusion Data Sources
- Choosing the Right Drivers
- Adding Data Sources for ColdFusion
- Verifying ColdFusion Data Sources
- Connecting to Microsoft SQL Server Databases
- Connecting to OpenIngress Databases
- Connecting to dBase Databases
- Connecting to Microsoft Access Databases
- Connecting to Microsoft Excel Databases
- Connecting to ASCII Text Databases
- Connecting to Oracle 7.3/8.0 Databases
- Connecting to DB2 Data Sources
- Connecting to Informix data sources
- Connecting to Sybase System 11 data sources
- Using ColdFusion to Create a Data Source