http://fmforums.com/forum/showforum.php?fid/219/Implementing and utilizing External Data (SQL) Sources (ESS) in your solution.noneSun, 07 Mar 2010 09:50:18 GMTSun, 07 Mar 2010 09:50:18 GMThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssFusionBB 3.0 FINAL (www.fusionbb.com)http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/213681http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/213681 I have MySql as source data.
I've set two different ways:

1. Filemaker 10 client -> ODBC manager on the client computer -> MySql on a remote server

2. Filemaker 10 server -> OBDC manager on the server - Mysql in the same server

It works, but when I refresh window on FileMaker sometimes the data displayed are not the same..
But I haven't problems updating MySql data from FileMaker.

I think (but I don't know really) it could be a Sql error..
But FileMaker doesn't display any error..

I see for a while the "omitted" record.. but after they disappear..!!
What can I do?
Sorry for my english, I hope you can understand me!

Jsabina ]]>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:40:52 GMThttp://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/213633http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/213633
Has anyone tried to connect FM 10 on a local mySQL DB everything on Windows 7 64bit?

Here's my configuration :
Windows 7 64bit: MySQL 5.1.36 : ODBC Drivers 5.01.06 64bit

I have created a system DSN using the MySQL drivers.
And tried to add an external data source in a FM file, But the "Select ODBC Data Source" window is still empty.

Does anyone know how to fix this issue?

Thanks ]]>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:20:03 GMThttp://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/213632http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/213632
I'm new to FileMaker but familiar with mysql and need some help bridging these two worlds. We want to push some of our data from FM to an external mysql db on a schedule we choose.

Here's the setup:
* large, sophisticated in-house FM system managing our inventory, contacts, etc
* new mysql database on a remote web server, connected via ESS

My main question right now is how to update product prices on our mysql-powered web page. Updating fields manually via ESS is obvious, but for our workflow we need to be able to push updates out as a batch, typically at the end of the day. This could be on the order of 100 - 5000 records with just a couple fields to update. In the future we'll need to read from mysql, but for now I need to do a simple push.

Where would I start in writing a script for this?

I'm just getting my feet wet here but eager to learn -- any refs to good tutorials, etc would be welcomed! Thanks so much for any help.

Nathan ]]>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:09:54 GMThttp://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/213589http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/213589
When the Execute SQL operates on a small amount of data, a Commit Records and Refresh Window script step, the latter with flush cached join results, flush cached SQL data seems to work.

However, when the Execute SQL operates on a large amount of data (1000 rows, say), it doesn't work. If I refresh (manually, with a script that just does the commit and refresh), the changes appear within two tries. I'd like to be able to do something in the script so it is automatic. The only thing that does the trick is to pass the row count back from MySQL to FM, and then to loop doing commit and refresh, with .5 second pauses in between, until the count matches the Get(FoundCount). I'm suspicious of anything this non-deterministic.

Any ideas? I have a relatively small test case that demonstrates the problem. ]]>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:06:15 GMThttp://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/213446http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/213446
Can FMP look like an ODBC source? Or can I export to XML so I can import that way?

Thanks,
Michael ]]>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:17:48 GMThttp://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/213361http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/213361
Is there a way I can dynamically allocate, connect to, and talk to any one of my external databases. I only need to communicate with one database at a time. I also do not want to impose any restriction at all on the number of SQL databases I can access.

I don't mind having multiple instances of DB shadow files, each with a different ODBC DNS, that I open and close to access. I would not like to have multiple relationship instances. If I could tie in the relationship stuff dynamically that would be great.

Any suggestions or recommendations how to approach this problem would be appreciated.
]]>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:43:26 GMThttp://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/213343http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/213343
When I try so save a record in the table 'Box' I get the following error:

The target table 'Box' of the DML statement cannot have any enabled triggers if the statement contains an OUTPUT clause without INTO clause.

I found some old conversations on this from 2008 but none suggest a resolution. It's 2 years later. Has anyone found a fix for this? ]]>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:13:23 GMThttp://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/213268http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/213268
I have 2 Filemaker Databases on the same Filemaker Server. In one of the databases, I added the other database as an external data source.

I then created the table occurrence, and built a relationship.

It is accessing the other database fine.... but what is weird is that it never prompted me for a password or username, and no matter which user is logged in, they have access to edit the other database.

How am I to prevent them from editing the record in the other database without locking them out completely.. I can't find where to configure it.

Now, coincidentally, my admin account has the same password in both databases, so I considered that to be a reason why it didn't prompt me for a password...but I would be surprised if that was the problem here... ]]>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:27:03 GMThttp://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/213254http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/213254
I setup the client application, (RSView SE running on Windows XP, SP2) to connect to SQL Server as a test and it worked.

I setup the DataDirect ODBC SequeLinc driver, (ver 5.5) to connect to FileMaker with a DSN and that works. I am able to see the database and update records with a simple SQL Client, so I know that works.

The error I am getting right now appears to be in the connection string.

Here is the connection string I am building. I will keep things simple and not post a bunch of code.

ConnectionString = "Provider=DSNNAME;Initial Catalog=DatabaseName;User ID=USERID;password=PASSWORD"

I then do an ADODB open of the database with something like

cn.Open ConnectionString

The connection fails, and I am not sure how to figure out how it is failing. My first suspision is that my connection string is incorrect? I am not sure of the syntax.

Has anyone connected to Filemaker Server with VB and ADO using a DSN with ODBC?

Yikes! That's a lot of acronyms...

Thanks
Jim!

]]>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:24:39 GMThttp://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/213232http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/213232Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:45:32 GMT