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Hosting databases for XML queries
FileMaker Custom Web Publishing with XML enables you to send query requests to FileMaker
Server, and display, modify, or manipulate the resulting data as needed. Using an HTTP request
along with the appropriate query commands and parameters, you can retrieve FileMaker data as an
XML document.
For more information on preparing a database and accessing XML data, see C
USTOM WEB
P
UBLISHING WITH XML AND XSLT on the Start Page.
To host a database that uses Custom Web Publishing with XML:
1. In FileMaker Pro, open the database and edit the privilege set for the account that will
access the database. Enable the extended privilege
Access via XML Web Publishing -
FMS only.
Note If your FileMaker database solution uses more than one FileMaker database file, all of the
database files must use this privilege set with the extended privilege Access via XML Web
Publishing - FMS only enabled.
2. In FileMaker Server Admin Console, select Enable XML publishing on the Web
Publishing > XML tab.
3. Prepare databases for Custom Web Publishing. For more information, see F
ILEMAKER
S
ERVER CUSTOM WEB PUBLISHING WITH XML AND XSLT.
4. Upload
the database file to FileMaker Server with the Upload Database assistant. See
Hosting databases
(page 31).
Note If your FileMaker database solution uses more than one FileMaker database file, all of the
database files must be on the same computer.
5. Send an HTTP or HTTPS request in the form of a URL that specifies the FileMaker XML
grammar, one query command, and one or more FileMaker query parameters to the Web
Publishing Engine through an HTML form, an HREF link, or a script in your program or
webpage. You can also type the URL in a web browser.
For more information on specifying a URL for XML data, see F
ILEMAKER SERVER CUSTOM WEB
P
UBLISHING WITH XML AND XSLT.
Related topics
XML web publishing settings (page 86)
Hosting websites
(page 44)