ColdFusion lets you quickly deliver dynamic database content to the web. A data source is the entry point for database operations.
Before you can access a database with a ColdFusion application, you must do the following:
Understand and determine the database driver required to interact with the data source. ColdFusion uses JDBC database drivers to communicate with data sources.
Configure the database as a ColdFusion data source by specifying a driver, adding data source information, and connecting to a database.
Verify the data source.
Verity collections ColdFusion also lets you use Verity collections as a source of data.