>You should be able to configure a DSN to connect to Filemaker via ODBC >without a problem on Mac and Windows. Have you installed the merent >software for mac, and installed the filemaker ODBC driver? > >Tuviah
Hi Tuviah Do I need special Merant software as such, doesn't the FileMaker Pro 5.5 software install sufficient ODBC support anyway? I have an ODBC control panel which uses the Merant ODBC 3.51 extension. This seems to have been installed as part of the FileMaker installation. Do I need anything else in addition to this? In my limited experiments so far I've managed to get the Database Tools stack to connect to an Access database, but this was running both Rev 1.1 and Access o a PC of course. When I tried to get Win Rev 1.1 to connect to a FileMaker database, it seemed to connect OK but I haven't worked out how to successfully send a SQL command to the FM db. On the Mac I've had even less success. I keep getting error messages when trying to connect to a sample FM db, I don't get as far as on the PC where the connection at least seems to work (even though I can't get any further at present). What's even less clear is how I set things up on a PC to run the FM db such that I can access it from a Mac client over an Ethernet network (the PC is using PC MacLAN for connectivity). How do I configure the ODBC control panels on the PC (acting as a server in this case) and the Mac (acting as a client). Cheers Peter -- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)870 052 7576 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.reidit.co.uk
