FileMaker 11 ODBC and JDBC Guide Print

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A helpful guide for using ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) and JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) with FileMaker 11. Below is a summary of the contents of this document. Click the link to download.

https://my.oditech.com/downloads/FileMaker/11/fm11_odbc_jdbc_guide_en.pdf

Chapter 1 - Introduction

  • About this guide
  • About ODBC and JDBC
  • Using FileMaker software as an ODBC client application
    • Importing ODBC data
    • Adding ODBC tables to the relationships graph
  • Using a FileMaker database as a data source
    • Accessing a hosted FileMaker Pro database
    • Limitations with third-party tools
    • Networking requirements
  • Updating files from previous versions
    • Installing current drivers

Chapter 2 - Accessing external SQL data sources

  • Importing ODBC data
  • Executing SQL to interact with data sources via ODBC
  • Working with ODBC tables in the relationships graph
    • Data sources supported in FileMaker 11
    • Adding ODBC tables to the relationships graph

Chapter 3 - Installing FileMaker ODBC client drivers

  • Hardware and software requirements
    • ODBC client driver requirements (Windows)
    • ODBC client driver requirements (Mac OS)
    • Networking requirements
  • ODBC client driver installation (Windows)
  • Configuring client drivers (Windows)
  • ODBC client driver installation (Mac OS)
  • Configuring client drivers (Mac OS)
  • Where to go from here

Chapter 4 - Using ODBC to share FileMaker data

  • About ODBC
  • Using the ODBC client driver
  • Overview of accessing a FileMaker database file
  • Accessing a FileMaker database file from a Windows application
    • Specifying ODBC client driver properties for a FileMaker DSN (Windows)
    • Verifying access via ODBC (Windows)
  • Accessing a FileMaker database file from a Mac OS application
    • Specifying ODBC client driver properties for a FileMaker DSN (Mac OS)
    • Verifying access via ODBC (Mac OS)

Chapter 5 - Installing FileMaker JDBC client drivers

  • Software requirements
    • Networking requirements
  • JDBC client driver installation
  • Using the JDBC client driver

Chapter 6 - Using JDBC to share FileMaker data

  • About JDBC
  • Using the JDBC client driver
    • About the JDBC client driver
    • Using a JDBC URL to connect to your database
    • Specifying driver properties in the URL subname
    • Solutions with multiple FileMaker database files
  • Verifying access via JDBC

Chapter 7 - Supported standards

  • Support for Unicode characters
  • SQL statements
    • SELECT statement
    • SQL clauses
    • FROM clause
    • WHERE clause
    • GROUP BY clause HAVING clause
    • UNION operator
    • ORDER BY clause
    • FOR UPDATE clause
    • DELETE statement
    • INSERT statement
    • UPDATE statement
    • CREATE TABLE statement
    • ALTER TABLE statement
    • CREATE INDEX statement
    • DROP INDEX statement
  • SQL aggregate functions
  • SQL expressions
    • Field names
    • Constants
    • Exponential/scientific notation
    • Numeric operators
    • Character operators
    • Date operators
    • Relational operators
    • Logical operators
    • Functions
    • Functions that return character strings
    • Functions that return numbers
    • Functions that return dates
    • Operator precedence
  • ODBC Catalog functions
  • JDBC Meta Data functions
  • Reserved SQL keywords

Chapter 8 - Reference Information

  • Mapping FileMaker fields to ODBC data types
  • Mapping FileMaker fields to JDBC data types
  • ODBC and JDBC error messages
    • ODBC error messages
    • JDBC error messages 

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