ODBC and JDBC Guide

Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction
About this guide 7
About ODBC and JDBC 7
Using FileMaker software as an ODBC client application 8
Importing ODBC data 8
Adding ODBC tables to the relationships graph 8
Using a FileMaker database as a data source 9
Accessing a hosted FileMaker Pro database 9
Limitations with third-party tools 10
Networking requirements 10
Updating files from previous versions 10
Installing current drivers 10
Chapter 2
Accessing external SQL data sources
Importing ODBC data 11
Executing SQL to interact with data sources via ODBC 12
Working with ODBC tables in the relationships graph 12
Data sources supported in FileMaker 11 13
Adding ODBC tables to the relationships graph 13
Chapter 3
Installing FileMaker ODBC client drivers
Hardware and software requirements 15
ODBC client driver requirements (Windows) 15
ODBC client driver requirements (Mac OS) 15
Networking requirements 15
ODBC client driver installation (Windows) 15
Configuring client drivers (Windows) 16
ODBC client driver installation (Mac OS) 17
Configuring client drivers (Mac OS) 18
Where to go from here 19