Linking to External Applications
One of ColdFusion’s most powerful features is its capability to connect to data created and maintained in other applications. You can use ColdFusion to retrieve or update data in many applications, including the following:
Corporate databases
Client/server database systems (such as Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle)
Spreadsheets
XML data
Contact-management software
ASCII-delimited files
Javabeans, JSP tag libraries, and EJBs
.NET classes and assemblies
Web Services
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