ODBC Mac

[Thorsten Hohage]

Hi Beatrix,

On 2008-01-28, at 16:58, Beatrix Willius wrote:

> On 27.01.2008, at 19:09, Thorsten Hohage wrote:
>
>> I don't get it. So what you want to do is to connect from FileMaker  
>> via ODBC to Valentina, right?
>>
>> Why don't you go the other way? Use a REALbasic app, connect to  
>> Valentina (of course using local file is possible) using the common  
>> V4RB classes and then connect to FileMaker via ODBC.
>
> How would I do this? I thought I would need the Actual odbc drivers,  
> an odbc database (Valentina) and then Filemaker. Or do I only need  
> odbc on the Filemaker side?

Yes, you only need ODBC for the filemaker side, and of course the  
system part (this is the one you and all of the customers (AFAIK) need  
to pay for.


>> But of course AFAIK there is no free ODBC solution available for  
>> Mac OS X, so your customer need probably to pay for ODBC. Perhaps a  
>> better solution for small amount of data and not often used  
>> interfaces is to use the build in FileMaker WebInterface and an app  
>> the reading the data out of Valentina and pushes in FileMaker  
>> through the FM-Web-Companion?
>
> The amount of data actually can be pretty huge and the export can be  
> used often. The Web Companion might have been an idea,
If pretty hugh is >>1000 and often is more then once a day - simply  
forget it, otherwise set up a sample.


> if it would work for Filemaker 8.5 on Leopard. But thanks for the  
> idea, I will check it.

THIS would clearly never run and even if you were able to get it on a  
test system up IMHO it's not reliable enough to give it to a customer.  
FM states very clear, that only FMP 9.5 will run on Leopard and all my  
long term experience with FMP (over 13 years) have teached me one  
thing, even on recommended system you'll get a bunch of issues.

regards

Thorsten Hohage
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