Purpose

The purpose of this document is to give a step by step description of the necessary actions to grant a ColdFusion Data source

Scope

This procedure is intended for all Current Staff members of the Internet Services Department.

Prerequisites

• A UTPA web space or webpage developed by the department.
• A UTPA e-mail account to grant the access to the database.
• A staff must decide adequate infrastructure for the database (kind of database)

Responsibilities

• Internet Services Web developer
• Department Web developer

Procedure

1. Meet department or university entity in order to fully understand the requirements of their particular project. Identify who and how will be the data source used.
2. Meet department or university entity in order to fully understand the requirements of their particular project.
   
   Identify who and how will be the data source used.
3. Contact Systems department to grant permissions for the Department Developer.
   
   Or in the case create the required databases.
4. On ColdFusion administration panel add the data source connection.
   
   Verify the user has all the permissions to access the database, depending on the database kind.
5. Inform the Department Web Developer about the database constrains.
   
   Provide information about connections and users for the database.

References

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Definitions

Data source: Stores information about how to connect to a specific database, such as permissions to modify the database, amount of information that can be modified and times of access. A data source provides a method for ColdFusion to interact with the database.