ODBC and JDBC Guide

Chapter 3 | Installing FileMaker ODBC client drivers 15
For the Multi-byte text encoding option, select System or select UTF-8. For example,
some applications such as Microsoft Excel may expect text to be encoded using the System
encoding, but web applications may expect text to be encoded using UTF-8 encoding. If the
application expects a specific encoding but this option specifies a different encoding, then
the application may display some characters incorrectly.
1 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 do not use this option for field values longer than 255 characters, then your
application may retrieve an empty string (Windows) or only 255 characters (OS X).
1 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.
Click Finish to save your data source information.
8. Review the information about your FileMaker DSN.
1 Click Test to verify that you have correctly configured the ODBC client driver to access the
FileMaker data source.
If you receive an error message, you can correct the connection information. You may also
need to check that the FileMaker database file is hosted and available, that the FileMaker
account specified uses a privilege set with the extended privilege Access via ODBC/JDBC,
and that the FileMaker Server or FileMaker Pro host application has been set up for sharing
via ODBC/JDBC.
1 Click Done to save your data source information.
ODBC client driver installation (OS X)
OS X 32-bit and 64-bit client drivers are installed as a single bundle (FileMaker ODBC.bundle) in
the /Library/ODBC folder. The ODBC client application loads the correct driver automatically.
To install the ODBC client driver:
1. Do one of the following:
1 If you received your software electronically, double-click the disk image icon (.dmg file).
1 If you have an installation disk, insert the disk into the drive.
2. In the FileMaker Pro or FileMaker Server window, double-click the xDBC folder.
3. In the xDBC folder, double-click the ODBC Client Driver Installer folder.
4. In the ODBC Client Driver Installer folder, double-click FileMaker ODBC.pkg.
The Install FileMaker ODBC Driver application opens.
5. Install the ODBC client driver by following the onscreen instructions.