ODBC and JDBC Guide

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Select the Describe text fields as long varchar option to correct issues with long field values,
such as fields that do not have a maximum length specified getting used for Microsoft Word Mail
Merge import, or field values in PHP applications that are longer than 255 characters.
If you want to create a log file for long-running queries, select the Save long-running queries
to a log file option, and enter the name for the log file.
9. Click Finish to save your data source information.
10. Click Done to close the FileMaker DSN Configuration dialog box.
Verifying access via ODBC (Mac OS)
To verify that you’ve correctly configured the ODBC client driver to access the FileMaker data source:
1. Launch the ODBC Manager utility. (The ODBC Manager is located in the Utilities folder in the
Applications folder.)
2. Select the System DSN or User DSN tab (select the tab used when you previously configured).
3. Choose the FileMaker data source that you previously configured.
The data source name you originally entered appears under Name, and FileMaker ODBC
appears as the Driver.
4. Click Configure.
The FileMaker DSN Configuration dialog box opens.
5. Click Continue until you recheck the Conclusion page.
6. Click Test.
You are prompted to enter your FileMaker account name (in Database User Name) and
password (in Database Password).
If the connection is OK, you receive the message Test completed successfully.
If the connection fails:
1 Make sure the FileMaker database file is hosted and available.
1 Update or correct your connection information.
1 Make sure your FileMaker account uses a privilege set with the extended privilege of Access
via ODBC/JDBC.
1 Verify that the FileMaker Pro or FileMaker Server host application has been set up for sharing
via ODBC/JDBC.