http://fmforums.com/forum/showforum.php?fid/219/Implementing and utilizing External Data (SQL) Sources (ESS) in your solution.noneTue, 27 Jul 2010 05:15:05 GMTTue, 27 Jul 2010 05:15:05 GMThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssFusionBB 3.0 FINAL (www.fusionbb.com)http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/215858http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/215858Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:01:59 GMThttp://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/215752http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/215752 Right now I run a script that downloads the data to a filemaker table and then deletes it from the MySQL table. However, It works on the client side. So I have to configure a system DSN on each computer that uses this "update RFQ" script.
Is there a way to configure this so that the server automatically updates the data? I know I could use the MySQL table as an external data source but I'd rather keep the data on the server.

Thanks in advance for the tips ]]>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:39:13 GMThttp://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/215746http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/215746
Is there any software out there that can take a MySQL database and automatically build a FileMaker database with the correct relationships between all of the tables?

I would like to keep the MySQL database as an External Data Source. ]]>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:56:51 GMThttp://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/215725http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/215725
So far as I can tell, FileMaker doesn't think very highly of that tactic, and I am slowly being driven mad. Why are you even touching those fields, when they are unmodified and not even on the layout, FileMaker? Why?

If anybody can proffer a method to make FileMaker send an empty string that would be grand. Or make it stop updating unmodified fields. That'd work too.

Also, the fact that the Execute SQL script step doesn't list DSNs on the FileMaker server puzzles me deeply. Throw me a bone, here. ]]>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:58:56 GMThttp://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/215694http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/215694
When I go into the relationships pane in FileMaker and Add ODBC source my source is there, I select it, and after entering the username and password again, I get my list of tables. I select one and hit okay but get this error message:


Why does it say tablename.tablename ? That seems wrong. Did I miss filling in an essential field or something?
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database A: where users will be free to manipulate a core set of data.

database B: where whole tables of data are sourced from database A and cannot be changed. other tables and layouts can be built as needed off of this core.

I would appreciate some words of Filemaker wisdom. ]]>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:22:51 GMThttp://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/215645http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/215645 For to do this I'm using FmPro Migrator, the problem is that DataDirect 32Bit SequeLink 5.4 drivers are required to perform the ODBC connection.
But when I go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Data Sources and I click the System DSN tab, then clicking the Add button in this section doesn't appears the DataDirect 32Bit SequeLink 5.4 drivers.
I have tried do re-install Filamaker but the problem is the same.
In the list of the ODBC drivers DataDirect 32Bit SequeLink 5.4 drivers doesn't appears.

Can anyone help me?

Flavio Refrigeri
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We are trying to install Filemaker Pro Server 10 Advanced onto our new Windows 2008 Server.

That worked fine... everything is connecting properly.

But now I need to Re-create my System DSN that connects to our SQL 2005 SP2 database.
This worked on our Windows 2003 Server... but the driver I need isn't compatible with 2008.

Is there a driver that will work with 2008 server 64 bit and FMP will see it as a possible DSN?

I believe the one 10 needs is: SQL Native Client 2005.90.3042.00 ]]>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:46:53 GMThttp://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/215615http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/215615 Im new with Filemaker Pro and main objective is start a new database for Asset Management. Assuming that the Filemaker Server used has successfully authenticated to Active Directory service, is it possible to define a field in the database and link it to a user in Active Directory? Thanks. Hoping for a response soon. ]]>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:03:27 GMThttp://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/215579http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/215579
Now, however, the Windows machine is being upgraded to a 64-bit system, and the "DataDirect 32-bit SequeLink 5.5" ODBC does NOT work on the new 64-bit server...

I contacted the rep to ask where we can find an ODBC client that will work with FileMaker on a 64-bit Windows operating system, but the answer that I got -- after the rep consulted with FileMaker -- was that "there is no version of DataDirect 32-bit SequeLink 5.5 for 64-bit Windows operating systems" and that no update is planned for the time being, the conclusion being simply that "there is no solution for this issue".

That seems hard to believe, and I'm hoping someone here can help me find a solution -- for which I would be very grateful! Please keep in mind, I'm not an expert, just an end-user, so I would appreciate if anyone offering a solution could please keep this in mind :-)

Thanks very much in advance! ]]>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:49:25 GMT