Adobe 38028779 Getting Started Guide - Page 298
Creating a database connection, Access Driver.
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NOTE 2. Make sure the Microsoft Access Driver, version 4.0 or higher, is installed on the remote computer. To find out whether the driver is already installed, see "Viewing the ODBC drivers installed on a Windows system" in Using Dreamweaver. If the driver is not installed, download and install the Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.5 and 2.7 packages on the remote computer. You can download MDAC for free from the Microsoft website at http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/mdac/downloads/. These packages contain the latest Microsoft drivers, including the Microsoft Access Driver. Install MDAC 2.5 before installing MDAC 2.7. 3. Set up a DSN called CafeTownsend pointing to the sample database on the remote computer. For instructions, see the following articles on the Microsoft website: ■ If the remote computer runs Windows 2000, see Article 300596 at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300596. ■ If the remote computer runs Windows XP, see Article 305599 at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305599. 4. Make sure the Sun JDBC-ODBC Bridge driver is installed on the remote computer. You will use this driver along with the DSN to create a connection to the database. For instructions, see "Installing the bridge driver" on page 296. After the database, DSN, and bridge driver are in place, create a database connection in Dreamweaver. Creating a database connection The final step of the setup process is to create a connection to the database. To create a database connection in Dreamweaver: 1. Open any JSP page in Dreamweaver, and then open the Databases panel (Window > Databases). 298 Setup for Sample JSP Site
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