Mac VMWare and SQL Server Question

Many thanks for that. I probably will skype you in the next couple of days. I just got my SQL Server back up and running on the POS laptop. I'm waiting on 8 gig of ram to come in and will continue after those are installed. larry > > I replied to that one too. Hit me up on Skype (jjmerrick) if you need > some help. > > -J.J. > > >> >> Great timing. I just sent you a question about that. I'll have to dig >> a bit more. >> >> thanks, >> larry >> >> >>> >>> Larry, I use VirtualBox for the PHIS SQL server instance that I have >>> running. It is free and a stolen copy of XP (I have no shame stealing >>> 13 year old software) running SQL Express 2008. >>> >>> It has a Port Forwarding feature that allows you to do NAT to the VM >>> and setup virtual port forwards. I just forwarded 1433/1434 TCP/UDP >>> and then set the datasources to be 127.0.0.1 port 1433. Works like a >>> charm! >>> >>> -J.J. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> have a question for al the mac people. I'm setting up a new Mac (a >>>> personal one this time) and am trying to get the database and the data >>>> source names setup. So far the CF part is done (builder, CF9 etc.). >>>> However one question I do have, can you run SQL Server in a VMWare >>>> instance, and have CF access a database on that instance via a DSN? >>>> >>>> many thanks, >>>> larry >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Larry C. Lyons >>>> web: http://www.lyonsmorris.com/lyons >>>> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryclyons >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >