given that ODBC seems to be the defacto way for databases to talk a
universal language -- FMPro better get this integrated. And Soon.
Kathy
At 4:03 PM -0700 6/26/98, Jack Killpatrick wrote:
>I wrote:
>> Kathy Gill wrote:
>> > CF App. Server serves up files from databases using SQL calls -- so the
>> > database behind the application must respond to SQL.
>> >
>> > Does anyone know if Filemaker does? If the answer is yes, then I would
>> > guess that you could use it for the DB source for a CF App.
>>
>> I think CF only needs ODBC compliancy in the chosen database in order to
>> integrate the SQL calls. Is that right? If so, is FileMaker ODBC
>> compatible?
>> I looked at the FileMaker site and saw no mention of it.
>
>I dug around a bit at the Allaire site and found that the general consensus
>is that FileMaker 4 is not ODBC compatible, but there are plugins to add the
>ODBC compatibility. Here's one I found:
>
>at: http://www.profdata.nl/
>
><quote>
>FileMaker Pro ODBC/SQL plug-in
>
>Connects any ODBC datasource to your FileMaker Pro database. Developed for
>FileMaker Pro 4 Macintosh and Windows version.
></quote>
>
>more info at the site. However, as far as CF is concerned, FileMaker is not
>an option in the "Create Datasource" dialog...though, from the latest
>suggestions from the Allaire tech guys (6/11), it can be connected...they
>just didn't say "how" in the messages that found.
>
>Dejanews also gave me some good results on a "FileMaker 4 ODBC" query.
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