ODBC and JDBC Guide

Chapter 1 | Introduction 8
Networking requirements
You need a TCP/IP network when using FileMaker Server to host a FileMaker database file as a
data source over a network. FileMaker Pro supports local access (same computer) only.
Updating files from previous versions
If you installed a driver from earlier versions of FileMaker Pro or FileMaker Server, you must install
the driver for version 16.
The driver for FileMaker version 16 is not compatible with earlier versions of FileMaker Pro or
FileMaker Server.
See chapter 3, “Installing FileMaker ODBC client drivers,” and chapter 5, “Installing FileMaker
JDBC client drivers.”
Notes
1 You have to create a Data Source Name (DSN) for each FileMaker database file you want to
access as a data source. If you have previously set up access through one DSN that allows
tables to be spread among several FileMaker database files, you’ll need to consolidate those
tables into a single database file (or create several DSNs).
1 For information on using ODBC and JDBC with previous versions of FileMaker Pro, see the
Product
Documentation Center.