Installation and New Features Guide (Windows)

ODBC import with FileMaker Pro 5-11
It may take a few moments to retrieve the column names.
6. Select the Date_Sold column and verify that the Type and Mask values
are correct.
The Type should be Date, and the Mask should be m/d/yy.
When importing columns that store date information, you should
verify that the driver recognizes the correct column type and mask,
especially if the data source is from a Unix computer.
7. Click OK.
This saves the information for the Sales_Data table.
8. Specify the information for the Salespeople table by following steps
2-7 above.
Click the close box to close the control panel.
Specifying the tables and columns in the Mac OS
After choosing and configuring the ODBC text driver in the ODBC
control panel, you specify the tables and columns to import.
1. In the Mac OS, click the Define tab.
The Sales_Data table appears in the Table pop-up menu. If
Salespeople appears, switch to the Sales_Data table.
2. Select the Column Names in First Line checkbox.
Click Guess
to insert
column
names
Select to retrieve column
names from the ODBC table