Sorry, for some reason I didn't see Ben's reply before I sent mine. I would agree with Ben that the question of "should this be done" is more important than "how can this be done."
-Mike Chabot On Dec 12, 2007 3:37 PM, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Years ago, I helped develop a solution with CF7 and FMP8. > > It's possible, but the performance was horrible. You have to connect > via a system ODBC (at least, on Win2k3 server) and FMP just wasn't up to > the task of serving any sort of query except a direct dump. > > I'd suggest to the client that they move to a more internet-ready DB. > > --Ben Doom > > Matt Williams wrote: > > A client has a pre-built system on Filemaker Pro 9. The db is hosted. > > The website is on a different host. > > > > Am I able to remotely query that db with CF? If so, what is involved? > > Does the Filemaker host need to do anything special other than provide > > me with the IP, db and login info? > > > > I'm guessing I would need the Filemaker JDBC driver installed on the CF > > server. > > > > Any pointers are appreciated. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:294644 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
