The final step you need to take to prepare for using the ColdFusion platform for your web pages is to create a connection to the database by using the ColdFusion Administrator. This connection enables the web server to access the contents of the database and tells the web server what driver should be used to "talk" to the database.
With your database in place and your connection created, you're ready to begin creating your pages and adding dynamic content to them. For this task, there is no better tool than Dreamweaver, which is covered in depth in Part V, "Dreamweaver 8." |