ODBC and JDBC Guide

Chapter 6 | Using JDBC to share FileMaker data 32
1 user: an account in the FileMaker database file that uses a privilege set with the extended
privilege Access via ODBC/JDBC
1 password: the password for the account in the FileMaker database file
JDBC URL connection with the database name specified in the URL
Format:
jdbc:filemaker://<filemaker host IP address>/<databasename>
Example:
jdbc:filemaker://192.168.1.1/publications
JDBC URL connection with the database name, user name, and password specified in the URL
Format:
jdbc:filemaker://<filemaker host IP
address>/<databasename>?user=<databaseusername>&password=<databasepassword>
Example:
jdbc:filemaker://192.168.1.1/customers?user=Collections&password=admin
Note Because of the use of the ampersand character (&) in this syntax, you cannot use an
ampersand character in the user name or the password.
Invalid user name example:
jdbc:filemaker://localhost/sales_db?user=ad&min&password=admin
Invalid password example:
jdbc:filemaker://localhost/sales_db?user=admin1&password=ad&min
Solutions with multiple FileMaker database files
If your FileMaker database solution uses many FileMaker database files, create an additional
database file that contains all the necessary external data source references, table occurrences,
and relationships for your solution. Then define this additional database file as your data source
in the JDBC URL. All of the FileMaker database files must be on the same computer.
Verifying access via JDBC
When verifying access to a FileMaker database file via JDBC, make sure:
1 The FileMaker database file is hosted and available.
1 Your FileMaker account uses a privilege set with the extended privilege of Access via
ODBC/JDBC.