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If your data source appears in the list, the driver is already configured. This means that youll find some basic familiarity with SQL helpful in order to be able to perform these operations. Make sure that the appropriate extended privileges are enabled in each file, and assigned to the correct users. Youll also need to specify the full path to the location of the installed driver file. This website uses cookies. First, youll need to have an ODBC administration tool installed.

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Like other means of external access, such as access via FileMaker Mobile, or access via XML, access via xDBC requires that a specific extended privilege be enabled in each file to be accessed.

These will in fact be the names of table occurrences from the designated FileMaker file.

For Nameenter descriptive text to identify the data source. If this extended privilege is not enabled, xDBC access to the file will not be possible, regardless of any other configuration that has been performed.

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Those clients still depend on a correct local client configuration, including driver installation and configuration, and DSN creation, as detailed in previous sections. Presumably youve also already installed the FileMaker ODBC driver, according to the instructions that came with the installer files on the FileMaker disk. Youll also need to specify the full path to the location of the installed driver file. OpenLink makes a somewhat more full-featured replacement for the Apple utility.

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Was this topic helpful? Rather than repeating the install instructions, well assume that youve installed the drivers on your platform of choice, and proceed to look at how to configure a working DSN to access FileMaker data.

Its a good idea to test your connection to the data source after you e done configuring the DSN. First, though, well look at how to configure individual databases to permit xDBC access by either means. If you e having trouble accessing a file by xDBC or another remote access method, first check to make sure that the extended privileges in the file are in order before delving into complex troubleshooting of other parts of your configuration.

Whether you e hosting via the client or via FileMaker Server Advanced, you may be making several files available, and you need to specify which file you intend to access. Note that if you know the files name, you can simply type it into the box, minus any. Its installed by default under certain circumstances, but you may need to install it separately if its missing.

You can likewise enter anything you like for the description.

Filemaker ODBC

The Filemaer Data Source dialog, shown in Figure The techniques discussed in this section work filemaer well on the Mac OS and on Windows, assuming that you have configured a DSN on the local machine to access FileMaker, as described in the preceding two sections.

After youve specified a query, the Microsoft Query Wizard lets you decide where to put the resulting data. Because the FileMaker data source is local in other words, on the same machine as the DSNyou should enter localhost for the server host.

Regardless of which specific means of access you use, a number of things are constant during setup of an xDBC connection. Did this solve your problem? Click Add to configure a driver for your data source. When you e done configuring the DSN, fielmaker will be available for use.

To do so, click the Test Connect button shown previously in Figure In a typical local access scenario, an application needs to extract data from a copy of FileMaker running on the same machine. This means that youll find some basic familiarity with SQL helpful fikemaker order to be able to perform these operations.

Then do one of the following:. First, youll need to have an ODBC administration tool installed. After the FileMaker files are hosted and configured correctly, its necessary to configure client application access.

Accessing FileMaker Data Using ODBC and JDBC

Java Concurrency in Practice. Filemajer Query Wizard allows you to choose from a list of "tables" on the left of the dialog. VBScript in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition.

Is there any chance to get a working filemaker connection in the near future? The Data Source Name field is for your own information; name it anything you like its best to avoid spaces.