User Guide

66 Chapter 6: Troubleshooting
Data source problems
Unable to add a Microsoft Access data source
Problem: When you try to add a Microsoft Access data source, the following error appears:
Unable to update the ColdFusion MX 7 ODBC Server.
Timeout period expired without completion of
C:\blackstone\db\slserver54\admin\swcla.exe
Solution:
Install and start up the ODBC service, or use the Microsoft Access with Unicode driver.
Unable to use a data source created with UnixODBC
Problem: You cannot use a data source created with UnixODBC in ColdFusion MX 7.
Solution: You can use a driver such as the InterClient JDBC driver for InterBase available from
Borland (www.borland.com/interbase/). Follow the documentation for setting up a data source
using a third-party JDBC driver, “Connecting to an external JDBC Type 4 data source”
on page 61, in conjunction with the InterClient documentation.
Migration problems
Data sources not recognized
Problem: When you migrate from a previous version of ColdFusion to ColdFusion MX 7, your
application does not recognize data sources.
Solution: Redefine the data sources.
CFCs not recognized in Dreamweaver
Problem: When you migrate from a previous version of ColdFusion to ColdFusion MX 7, the
CFCs do not appear in the Components panel of Dreamweaver.
Solution: Check the mappings and update them as necessary.
Installation fails
Problem: On UNIX and Linux systems, when you try to install ColdFusion MX 7 on systems
where the
/tmp partition is mounted noexec, the installation fails.
Solution: This is because the install attempts to use the /tmp directory for unpacking and
running the installer runtime. To avoid this issue, set the
IATEMPDIR environment variable to a
directory on the system that has execute permissions before running the installer.
Installation fails
Problem: When you try to install ColdFusion MX 7, the installation fails and generate the error:
"java.lang.OutOfMemoryError Invocation of this Java Application has caused an
InvocationTargetException. This application will now exit. (LAX)"
Solution:
You must clean up the directory to which the installer is trying to extract the JRE, for
example,
/home/tmp.