Problem:
When you migrate from an earlier version of ColdFusion to ColdFusion 8, your application does not recognize data sources.
Solution:
Redefine the data sources.
Problem:
When you migrate from an earlier version of ColdFusion to ColdFusion 8, the CFCs do not appear in the Components panel of Dreamweaver.
Solution:
Check the mappings and update them as necessary.
Problem:
On UNIX and Linux systems, when you try to install ColdFusion 8 on systems where the /tmp partition is mounted noexec, the installation fails.
Solution:
This is because the install attempts to use the /tmp directory for unpacking and running the installer run time. To avoid this issue, set the IATEMPDIR environment variable to a directory on the system that has execute permissions before running the installer.
Problem:
When you try to install ColdFusion, the installation fails and generate the error:
"java.lang.OutOfMemoryError Invocation of this Java Application has caused an InvocationTargetException. This application will now exit. (LAX)"
Solution:
You must clean up the directory to which the installer is trying to extract the JRE, for example, /tmp.