mysql 4 with coldfusion 5

[shaynetonio]

is this at all possible? is it possible to use jdbc with coldfusion 5?

or would I need to use something else to get connectivity

cheers
shayne

[MattRobertson]

I use mySQL 4 with CF 5 on one of the servers I manage for a client. It works
fine.

Download myODBC from mySQL.com. Install it. Then make your datasource
connections in the Windows ODBC control panel applet instead of the CF Admin.
Once they are created in Windows they will automagically show up in the CF
datasource list, where you can leave them alone or tweak some of the very few
settings available to you from an 'external' db type.

[shaynetonio]

worked great thanks! I haven't done a full test with myODBC and CF5 but it feels a lot more responsive than MX w/ jdbc.