Hi everyone,

Need some help.

I want to run redhat linux 6.2 + coldfusion express + mysql

anyone got any experiens or not?? suggestion? cost?
because both are free, only need to get merant ODBC
May be I am wrong, please correct me, thanks

I've never heard of anyone doing hosting with coldfusion express. I thought it was only for developer use or something. I could be wrong but you might want to check into that a little further. My company works with CF on linux quite a bit, but only with CF 4 and 5 pro.

thanks for your reply

Ok, then we use CF 5 pro,

now is the database question?
1. what is the database I can use with CF 5 Pro?
2. if using Mysql, need any other connection software or not?
3. stablilities?
4. performances?

please some one help me.

You won't need any extra software to connect to MySQL. I havn't had any major issues with CF 5 on Linux. Check out the cf-linux mailling list for more info http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-linux%40houseoffusion.com/

We've developed apps using CF 4.5 on Redhat 6.2 and 7.0. A key issue is memory usage. We had some apps that were used for surveys -- these surveys where extensive (about 60 questions each, multiple options/question.) After bumping the RAM to 256MB (this was before the RAM prices plummeted), the server worked great. We even used a legacy SQL database on a WinNT box before we converted everything to MySQL.

Costwise, MySQL and CF is much better than MS SQL and CF. If you run on windows, you will need a license for Win2K server, SQL Server, and CF. Plus, I find the memory and hardware requirements are greater. We switched an older PII350/256MB ram box over from MS based (SQL,Win2K,CF) to a redhat system using MySQL, CF. We got better reliability and performance using the same hardware and basically the same apps.


We are now evaluating Zope -- the Zope platform looks compelling but the learning curve is kind of tough, especially if you do not have a python background.

Thanks huck,

Please keep update if you got any issue of CF + Linux + Mysql.

Can we use CF express for hosting, any feature limited?

Are you using pro or ent? What is your suggestion?

Thanks

Hi,

We're actually using ColdFusion Express for Linux with MySql in a Production environment. There are a lot of tags not available with Express... for a list, see

http://integrahosting.integrahosting.com/CFDOCS/CFExpress_Language_Reference/2_ColdFusion_Tags/lr2_002.htm

As long as those tags are not used, we've had no problems.

Number one issue with CFExpress:

NO CFMAIL tag!

Last I checked, you cannot send email with CFExpress. I find this to be the most limiting factor of this version of CF versus the full version. Many apps I develop we need to send an email -- you would have to pass this off to another script if you use CFExpress.

Now, if your app does not need to send email then this would not be a problem.

If you are planning on reselling Coldfusion hosting, most people would expect that you are running at least Pro -- they would be quite irate if they install their app and have it fail because you are running Express.


Pro should be sufficient. I believe the Ent version has a few more tags but is mainly is geared for performance, especially now that is runs under Solaris on Sparcs.
For a comparison of Pro and Ent:
http://www.macromedia.com/software/coldfusion/productinfo/matrix/cf5_matrix.pdf

Exactly.

We offer the CF Express and we make sure it is labeled as such. We encourage the use of PHP.

Thanks, we looking more with the CFM and MySQL

I think I will got for PRO.

How much is the PRO version in US??

Can I use MySQL for Destop database/Application Database??
Using VB to access/connect MySQL??

Because we want to develop a database that can access by web and destop at the same time.

Thanks for reply

Is coldfusion express free ?
For windows and linux

Regards
Manish Kapadia

yes, express is free, but no use, very limit functions, only for testing, if not how allaire can make money??

Originally posted by Lah_Lah
yes, express is free, but no use, very limit functions, only for testing, if not how allaire can make money??

ya mean Macromedia
hehehehehe
;)

any one got more experince with cold fusion & mysql??

please help