Will Filemaker play nice with Postgres?

[Matt_]

Hello,

I have a Filemaker solution that I'd like to integrate with a PBX (telephone) system. The PBX system uses a Postgres database. I've used external sources before (MSSQL, etc..) and never had any trouble, but I can't get it to play nicely.

I don't need to write to the Postgres DB, just read (if that makes things easier).

Any ideas/suggestions would be helpful! Thanks!

[mr_vodka]

If you are talking about ESS, then no. If you are talking about imports via ODBC ( SELECT ) then yes.

[Adam S]

Matt-

We're hoping that Filemaker will finally adopt ESS for Postgres. We know so many companies that are switching from MySQL to Postgres these days that maybe the odds are better for Filemaker 11 to at long last support it directly. It's been a really, really long wait and maybe there's a glimmer of hope at last.

ActualTech's ODBC driver is great for at least some connectivity and their staff are helpful, but it's not a live link and updating from Postgres requires an import step and its resultant delay.

If having Postgres and Filemaker speak directly via ESS is important to you, please let Filemaker know about it here:

http://www.filemaker.com/company/contact/feature_request.html