Hi there! OpenLink makes a piece of software called the ODBC Administrator. If you download and install that, setting up the ODBC / JDBC Drivers should actually be a cinch.
Hopefully that'll help out! Good luck! Kaustav On 11/28/06 10:01 AM, "SA listreader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could someone point me to an idiot's guide to installing ODBC support > for OS X? I know there have been instructions posted in the past but > I am onsite and don't have my Tango-Talk archive accessible and can't > find anything useful in the online Witango Talk archive > > I am trying to connect to a Filemaker 8.5 database on the same > machine as a Witango Lite 5.5 server running on OS X Server 10.4.8. I > am doing this because we plan to stay with Filemaker in the short- > term and then evaluate migrating to MySQL. We need the Filemaker > interface for letter & label printing, etc. I have the standard > install MySQL 4.1.13a running on the server and have installed > CocoaMySQL for testing purposes. I have downloaded Filemaker 8.5 test > drive & built a test database on the server > > Currently the database is in Filemaker 5 on OS 9 (sigh) and I'll move > it to 8.5 or 6 or whatever will work without having to buy Filemaker > server version > > I know Witango & Filemaker pretty well but know nothing at all about > ODBC, JDBC, SQL & etc. I've looked at the OpenLink, > ActualTechnologies and DataDirect ODBC drivers and have installed the > ActualODBC pack for MySQL but I'm now in acronym hell without a clue > > > Thanks > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
