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1. 18 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide 10 If you ve enabled sharing via ODBC JDBC in the host application click the button to the right of Server Data Source to display the filenames of currently open FileMaker database files for you to choose from If your database name contains spaces replace them with the escape characters 20 For example serverdatasource MY 20DATABASE 11 Click OK to save your data source information If you re sharing another FileMaker database file return to step 3 and set up the database file as a data source 12 Click OK to close the ODBC Data Source Administrator dialog box Verifying access via ODBC Windows To verify that you ve correctly configured the ODBC client driver to access the FileMaker data source 1 Open the ODBC Data Source Administrator control panel In the Windows Control Panel choose Administrative Tools gt Data Sources ODBC In Windows XP Administrative Tools appear in the Performance and Maintenance category 2 Click the System DSN tab If you set up your data source as a User DSN or File DSN click the corresponding tab 3 Choose the FileMaker data source that you previously configured The data source name you originally entered appears under Name and DataDirect 32 BIT SequeLink 5 5 appears as the Driver 4 Click Configure The DataDirect SequeLink for ODBC Setup dialog box appears 5 Click Test Connect You are prompted to enter your FileMaker account name in Data
2. JDBC driver errors SequeLink Server errors the data source or database management system JDBC driver error messages An error reported by the JDBC driver has the following format DataDirect SequeLink JDBC Driver message For example DataDirect SequeLink JDBC Driver Timeout expired If you get this type of error check the last JDBC call your application made for possible problems or contact your JDBC application vendor SequeLink Server error messages An error reported by SequeLink Server has the following format DataDirect SequeLink JDBC Driver SequeLink message If no SequeLink Server errors exist you see DataDirect JDBC SequeLink driver SequeLink Appendix C ODBC and JDBC error messages 53 Data source error messages An error that occurs in the data source includes the data source name in the following format DataDirect SequeLink JDBC Driver data_source message For example you might get the following message from your FileMaker data source DataDirect SequeLink JDBC Driver FileMaker Invalid Username Password If you get this type of error you did something incorrectly with the database system Check your FileMaker documentation for more information or consult your database administrator 54 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide A Access via ODBC JDBC extended privilege 16 Access Microsoft See Microsoft Access accounts and privileges 16 aggregate functions in SQL 36 aliases with S
3. 20 000 When each record is fetched it is locked If the record is updated or deleted the lock is held until you commit the change Otherwise the lock is released when you fetch the next record SELECT FROM emp WHERE salary gt 20000 FOR UPDATE OF last name first name salary Additional examples Using Sample SOL text constant SELECT CatDog FROM Salespeople numeric constant SELECT 999 FROM Salespeople date constant SELECT DATE 2004 06 05 FROM Salespeople time constant SELECT TIME 02 49 03 FROM Salespeople timestamp constant SELECT TIMESTAMP 2004 06 05 02 49 03 FROM Salespeople text column SELECT Company Name FROM Sales Data SELECT DISTINCT Company Name FROM Sales Data numeric column SELECT Amount FROM Sales Data SELECT DISTINCT Amount FROM Sales Data date column SELECT Date Sold FROM Sales Data SELECT DISTINCT Date_Sold FROM Sales Data time column SELECT Time Sold FROM Sales Data SELECT DISTINCT Time_Sold FROM Sales Data timestamp column SELECT Timestamp Sold FROM Sales Data SELECT DISTINCT Timestamp Sold FROM Sales Data BLOB column SELECT Company Brochures FROM Sales Data SELECT GETAS Company Logo JPEG FROM Sales Data Wildcard SELECT FROM Salespeople SELECT DISTINCT FROM Salespeople a ABLOB is a FileMaker database file container field Notes from the examples A column is areference to a field in the FileMaker database file the field can contain many distinct values The asterisk
4. LEFT Mattson 3 returns Mat RIGHT Mattson 4 returns tson SUBSTR Conrad 2 3 returns onr SUBSTR Conrad 2 returns onrad SPACE 5 returns Woltman returns Woltman 5 3 returns 15 4 5 returns False 12 25 2004 returns 12 25 2004 At 9 49 PM TIME returns 21 49 00 STRVAL STRVAL STRVAL STRVAL FROM Salespeople Salespeople Salesperson ID AS agg FROM Salespeople Salespeople Salesperson_ ID AS agg FROM Salespeople LTRIM Salespeople Salesperson_ ID AS agg FROM Salespeople UPPER Salespeople Salesperson AS agg FROM Salespeople LOWER Salespeople Salesperson AS agg FROM Salespeople LEFT Salespeople Salesperson 5 AS agg FROM Salespeople RIGHT Salespeople Salesperson 7 AS agg FROM Salespeople SUBSTR Salespeople Salesperson_ID 2 2 Salespeople Salesperson ID 4 2 AS agg FROM Salespeople SUBSTR Salespeople Salesperson_ID 2 Salespeople Salesperson ID 4 AS agg FROM Salespeople 42 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide SELECT SPACE 2 Salespeople Salespeople Salesperson_ID AS Salesperson_ID FROM SELECT STRVAL 60506 AS agg FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data Invoice ID k SELECT TIME AS agg FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data Invoice ID 1 SELECT USERNAME AS agg FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data Invoice ID 1 Functions that return numbers MOD LEN MONTH DAY YEAR MAX DAYOFWEEK MIN POW INT X ROUND NUMVAL VAL Func
5. page 33 UPDATE page 34 CREATE TABLE page 35 ALTER TABLE page 35 CREATE INDEX page 36 DROP INDEX page 36 The client drivers also support FileMaker data type mapping to ODBC SQL and JDBC SQL data types See appendix A Mapping FileMaker fields to ODBC data types and appendix B Mapping FileMaker fields to JDBC data types for data type conversions For more information on constructing SQL queries refer to a third party book Note The ODBC and JDBC client drivers recognize only the first repetition in a repeating field Also the drivers do not support portals in FileMaker Pro SELECT statement Use the SELECT statement to specify which columns you re requesting Follow the SELECT statement with the column expressions similar to field names you want to retrieve for example last_name Expressions can include mathematical operations or string manipulation for example SALARY 1 05 28 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide The SELECT statement can use a variety of clauses SELECT DISTINCT column expression AS column _alias FROM table name table alias WHERE expril rel operator expr2 GROUP BY column_expression HAVING expril1 rel operator expr2 UNION ALL SELECT ORDER BY sort_expression DESC ASC FOR UPDATE OF column_expression Items in brackets are optional Note SELECT on larger databases and SELECT statements that use table alias
6. wildcard character is shorthand for everything For the example SELECT FROM Salespeople the result is all the rows in the Salespeople table For the example SELECT DISTINCT FROM Salespeople the result is all the unique rows in the Salespeople table no duplicates Note SELECT statements on larger databases might not function correctly To avoid potential confusion avoid wildcards and specify table and column names without aliases 32 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide Retrieving the contents of a container field CAST function and GetAs function You can retrieve binary data file reference information or data of a specific file type from a container field To retrieve binary data use a standard SELECT statement For example SELECT Company Brochures FROM Sales Data If file or JPEG data exists the SELECT statement retrieves the data in binary form otherwise the SELECT statement returns lt null gt To retrieve file reference information such as the file path use the CAST function with a SELECT statement For example SELECT CAST Company Brochures AS VARCHAR NNN FROM Sales Data In this example if you Inserted a file into the container field using FileMaker Pro but stored only a reference to the file the SELECT statement retrieves the file reference information as type SQL_VARCHAR Inserted the contents of a file into the container field using FileMaker Pro the SELECT statement retrieves the name of t
7. FileMaker data source and construct SQL Structured Query Language queries to interact with the data Abiding by the license agreement The ODBC and JDBC client drivers are the driver portions of the FileMaker software that allow third party applications or custom applications to access FileMaker files as ODBC or JDBC data sources Hardware and software requirements To install and use the ODBC and JDBC client drivers you need the following minimum equipment and software ODBC client driver requirements Windows Pentium 300 MHz or faster 64 MB total RAM for Windows 2000 128 MB total RAM for Windows XP Microsoft Data Access Components MDAC 2 8 SP1 Windows MDAC 6 0 for Vista ODBC client driver requirements Mac OS Apple G3 or faster no G3 upgrade cards 128 MB total RAM Mac OS X version 10 3 9 or 10 4 the software may also work with later versions certified by FileMaker 12 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide JDBC client driver requirements Applications using Require JDBC 1 22 API JDK 1 2 compatible Java Virtual Machine JVM JDBC 2 0 Core API JDK 1 3 compatible JVM JDBC 2 0 Optional Package JDK 1 3 compatible JVM Also the following APIs are required and are supplied with SequeLink Java client JDBC 2 0 Optional Package a JNDI 1 2 JTA 1 0 1 JCA API JDK 1 3 JDBC 3 0 API JDK 1 4 or 1 5 To find which version of Java you re running open a command window Windows or Terminal window Mac OS a
8. Pro Help for information about sharing via ODBC JDBC and setting up accounts and privilege sets Installing current drivers If you installed a driver from versions prior to FileMaker Server 9 Advanced or FileMaker Pro 9 you must uninstall the earlier driver and install the driver for version 9 For more information see chapter 2 Installing FileMaker ODBC and JDBC client drivers Note You have to create a DSN for each FileMaker database file you want to access as a data source If you have previously set up access through one DSN that allows tables to be spread among several FileMaker database files you ll need to consolidate those tables into a single database file or create several DSNs 10 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide Chapter 2 Installing FileMaker ODBC and JDBC client drivers These instructions help you install the drivers needed to access a FileMaker data source from third party and custom applications via ODBC Open Database Connectivity and JDBC Java Database Connectivity The client drivers are available through a separate installation on your FileMaker CD or electronic download in the folder kDBC The latest versions of the client drivers are also available from www filemaker com support technologies If you ll be hosting a FileMaker database file using FileMaker Server Advanced make the client drivers available to remote users After installing the client driver you need you can configure the driver to access a
9. SUM SYSTEM_USER TABLE TEMPORARY TEST THEN THERE TIME TIMESTAMP TIMEZONE_HOUR TIMEZONE_MINUTE TO TRAILING TRANSACTION TRANSLATE TRANSLATION TRIGGER TRIM TRUE TYPE CASE NDER NION NIQUE NKNOWN PDATE PPER SAGE SER SERNAME SING VALUE VALUES VARCHAR VARIABLE qaaqaqcqcqqqgqqgd VARYING VIEW VIRTUAL VISIBLE WAIT WHEN WHENEVER WHERE WHILE WITH WITHOUT WORK WRITE YEAR ZONE 46 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide Appendix A Mapping FileMaker fields to ODBC data types This table illustrates how FileMaker field types map to the standard ODBC data types Converts to ODBC data FileMaker field type type text SQL_VARCHAR number SQL_DOUBLE date SQL_DATE time SQL_TIME timestamp SQL_TIMESTAMP container BLOB SQL_LONGVARBINARY calculation About the data type The maximum column length of text is 1 million characters unless you specify a smaller Maximum number of characters for the text field in FileMaker FileMaker returns empty strings as NULL The FileMaker number field type can contain positive or negatives values as small as 107308 and as large as 1073 08 with up to 15 significant digits The FileMaker time field type can contain the time of day or a time interval A time interval is returned as a time of day unless it is less than 0 or greater than 24 hours both return a value of 0 You can retrieve binary data file reference information or data of a specific file type from a
10. The list of columns to be inserted must correspond to the columns in the SELECT statement just as it would to a list of value expressions in the other type of INSERT statement For example the first column inserted corresponds to the first column selected the second inserted to the second and so on The size and data type of these corresponding columns must be compatible Each column in the SELECT list should have a data type that the ODBC or JDBC client driver accepts on a regular INSERT UPDATE of the corresponding column in the INSERT list Values are truncated when the size of the value in the SELECT list column is greater than the size of the corresponding INSERT list column The SELECT statement is evaluated before any values are inserted UPDATE statement Use the UPDATE statement to change records in a database table The format of the UPDATE statement is UPDATE table name SET column name expr WHERE conditions column_name is the name of a column whose value is to be changed Several columns can be changed in one statement expr is the new value for the column Usually the expressions are constant values for the columns but they can also be a subquery You must enclose character string values in pairs of single quotation marks To include a single quotation mark in a character string value enclosed by single quotation marks use two single quotation marks together for example Don t Date time and timestamp values
11. as a Required Value in the Fields tab of the Manage Database dialog box in FileMaker Pro Examples Using Sample SOL REATE TABLE T1 C1 VARCHAR C2 VARCHAR 50 C3 VARCHAR 1001 4 VARCHAR 500276 text column text column NOT NULL CREATE TABLE TINN C1 VARCHAR NOT NULL C2 VARCHAR 50 NOT NULL 3 VARCHAR 1001 NOT NULL C4 VARCHAR 500276 NOT NULL REATE TABLE T2 C1 DECIMAL C2 DECIMAL 10 0 C3 DECIMAL 7539 2 4 DECIMAL 497925 301 numeric column date column REATE TABLE T3 C1 DATE C2 DATE C3 DATE C4 DATE time column REATE TABLE T4 C1 TIME C2 TIME C3 TIME C4 TIME timestamp column REATE TABLE T5 C1 TIMESTAMP C2 TIMESTAMP C3 TIMESTAMP C4 TIMESTAMP BLOB column REATE TABLE T6 C1 BLOB C2 BLOB C3 BLOB C4 BLOB ALTER TABLE statement Use the ALTER TABLE statement to change the structure of an existing table in a database file You can modify only one column in each statement The formats of the ALTER TABLE statement are ALTER TABLE table name ADD COLUMN column definition ALTER TABLE table name DROP COLUMN unqualified_column_name You must know the table s structure and how you want to modify it before using the ALTER TABLE statement Examples To Sample SOL add columns ALTER TABLE Salespeople ADD C1 VARCHAR remove columns ALTER TABLE Salespeople DROP Cl 36 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide CREATE INDEX statement Use the CREATE INDEX statement to speed searches in your
12. column name Note In Windows Microsoft Access can import only 32 or fewer fields at one time via ODBC from a FileMaker database file If your database file has more than 32 fields import them in increments of 32 Chapter 3 Using ODBC to share FileMaker data 17 Accessing a FileMaker database file from a Windows application Specifying ODBC client driver properties for a FileMaker DSN Windows Create a DSN for each FileMaker database file you want to access as a data source The DSN identifies the FileMaker ODBC client driver the location of the FileMaker host application and the FileMaker database file you re accessing as a data source To set up or change ODBC client driver properties 1 Open the ODBC Data Source Administrator control panel In the Windows Control Panel choose Administrative Tools gt Data Sources ODBC In Windows XP Administrative Tools appear in the Performance and Maintenance category In Windows Vista Administrative Tools appear in the System and Maintenance category Click the System DSN tab If you set up your data source as a User DSN or File DSN click the corresponding tab Click Add Note If you re changing the properties of an existing data source select the data source click Configure and skip to step 6 Choose DataDirect 32 BIT SequeLink 5 5 from the list of drivers If the driver is not listed in the ODBC Data Source Administrator look for the Default entry of the
13. configuration Client Application Driver Manager SOL Server ODBC Driver E h sm FileMaker ODBC Client Driver Oracle ODBC Driver 16 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide Using the ODBC client driver You can use the ODBC client driver with any ODBC compliant application Sharing your FileMaker database file as a data source you can perform mail merges with Microsoft Word m create charts with Microsoft Excel move FileMaker data to a DBMS like Microsoft SQL Server further analyze your FileMaker data with query or reporting tools to create charts construct ad hoc queries and perform drill down analysis m create a Microsoft Visual Basic application that shares information with FileMaker Pro To share a FileMaker database file as a data source use FileMaker Pro to define accounts that need access to the database file Then control access to the database file by assigning privilege sets to the accounts including the extended privilege of access via ODBC JDBC Finally enable the FileMaker Server Advanced or FileMaker Pro host application to share data via ODBC JDBC For details see FileMaker Pro or FileMaker Server Help Important The ODBC client driver replaces the FileMaker Pro ODBC driver released with a previous version of FileMaker If you have previously set up access to a FileMaker data source using the older driver you ll need to re define access by using and configuring the new driver Overview of ac
14. must be enclosed in braces Logical values that are characters must be enclosed in periods for example T or F Subqueries must be enclosed in parentheses The WHERE clause is any valid clause It determines which records are updated An example of an UPDATE statement on the Employee table is UPDATE emp SET salary 32000 exempt 1 WHERE emp id E10001 The UPDATE statement changes every record that meets the conditions in the WHERE clause In this case the salary and exempt status are changed for all employees having the employee ID E10001 Because employee IDs are unique in the Employee table only one record is updated Here s an example using a subquery UPDATE emp SET salary SELECT avg salary from emp WHERE emp id E10001 In this case the salary is changed to the average salary in the company for the employee having employee ID E10001 Note In container fields you can UPDATE only with text Chapter 5 Supported standards 35 CREATE TABLE statement Use the CREATE TABLE statement to create a table in a database file The format of the CREATE TABLE statement is CREATE TABLE table name table element list NOT NULL Within the statement you specify the name and data type of each column table name and table element list have a 100 character limit Defining a column to be NOT NULL automatically selects the Not Empty Validation Option for the corresponding field in the FileMaker database file The field is flagged
15. standards 41 The ODBC and JDBC client drivers support many functions you can use in expressions Some of the functions return characters strings some return numbers and some return dates Important Use uppercase letters for SQL function names some are case sensitive Functions that return character strings CHR RTRIM TRIM LTRIM UPPER LOWER LEFT RIGHT SUBSTR SPACE STRVAL TIME USERNAME Examples SELECT SELECT SELECT SELECT SELECT SELECT SELECT SELECT SELECT SUBSTR SELECT SUBSTR CHR 67 RTRIM TRIM SPACE 1 Description Converts an ASCII code to a one character string Removes trailing blanks from a string Removes leading and trailing blanks from a string Removes leading blanks from a string Changes each letter of a string to uppercase Changes each letter of a string to lowercase Returns leftmost characters of a string Returns rightmost characters of a string Returns a substring of a string with parameters of the string the first character to extract and the number of characters to extract optional Generates a string of blanks Converts a value of any type to a character string Returns the time of day as a string Returns the login ID specified at connect time SPACE 1 CHR 70 Example CHR 67 returns C RTRIM ABC returns ABC TRIM ABC returns ABC LTRIM ABC returns ABC UPPER Allen returns ALLEN LOWER Allen returns allen
16. the filename extension If your database name contains spaces replace them with the escape characters 20 For example ServerDataDource MY 20DATABASE Double byte characters are not supported 20 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide Chapter 4 Using JDBC to share FileMaker data If you re a Java programmer you can use the JDBC client driver with any Rapid Application Development RAD tool to visually create a Java application or applet that connects to a FileMaker data source The Java application or applet that uses the JDBC client driver can directly access the data in a FileMaker database file About JDBC JDBC is a Java API for executing SQL statements the standard language for accessing relational databases JDBC is a name and not an acronym although it is thought of as standing for Java Database Connectivity because it is the Java equivalent for ODBC JDBC is a low level interface which means that it is used to call SQL commands directly It is also designed to be used as a base for higher level interfaces and tools Your Java applet or application can talk directly to a FileMaker database file by using the JDBC client driver Your SQL statements are delivered to the FileMaker host of the database file and the results of those statements are sent back to you If you use FileMaker Server to host the FileMaker database file you re using as a data source can be located on another machine the server machine connected to the netw
17. the client machine For additional information on using JDBC to share FileMaker data see www filemaker com support technologies 26 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide Chapter 5 Supported standards This chapter describes the SQL statements and constructs supported by the FileMaker ODBC and JDBC client drivers Use the client drivers to access a FileMaker database solution from an ODBC or JDBC compliant application The FileMaker database solution can be hosted by either FileMaker Pro or FileMaker Server Advanced The ODBC client driver supports ODBC 3 5 Level 1 with some features of Level 2 The JDBC client driver provides partial support for the JDBC 3 0 specification See www filemaker com support technologies and the SequeLink Developer s Reference available at www datadirect com for more information The ODBC and JDBC client drivers support SQL 92 entry level conformance with some SQL 92 intermediate features Support for Unicode characters The ODBC and JDBC client drivers support the Unicode API However if you re creating a custom application that uses the client drivers use ASCII for field names table names and filenames in case a non Unicode query tool or application is used Note To insert and retrieve Unicode data use SQL_C_WCHAR the SQL_C_BINARY data type is not supported SOL statements The ODBC and JDBC client drivers provide support for the following SQL statements SELECT see below DELETE page 33 INSERT
18. DEPTH DESC DESCRIBE DESCRIPTOR DIAGNOSTICS DICTIONARY DISCONNECT DISTINCT DOMAIN DOUBLE DROP EACH ELSE ELSEIF END END_EXEC EQUALS ESCAPE EXCEPT EXCEPTION EXEC EXECUTE EXISTS EXTERNAL EXTRACT FALSE FETCH FIRST FLOAT FLOOR FOR FOREIGN FOUND FROM FULL GENERAL GET GLOBAL GO GOTO GRANT GROUP HAVING HOUR IDENTIFY 45 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide Reserved keywords IF IFNULL IGNORE MMEDIATE ISOLATION JOIN KEY LANGUAGE LAST LCASE LEADING LEAVE LEFT LEN LENGTH LESS LEVEL LIKE LIMIT LOCAL LOOP LOWER LTRIM MATCH MAX MIN MINUTE MOD MODIFY MODULE MONTH NAMES NATIONAL NATURAL NCHAR NEW NEXT NO NONE NOT NOW NULL NULLIF NUMERIC OBJECT OCTET_LENGTH OF OFF OID OLD ON ONLY OPEN OPERATION OPERATORS OPTION OR ORDER OTHERS OUTER OUTPUT OVERLAPS PAD PARAMETERS PARTIAL PENDANT POSITION POW POWER PRECISION PREORDER PREPARE PRESERVE PRIMARY PRIOR PRIVATE PRIVILEGES PROCEDURE PROTECTED PUBLIC RCASE READ REAL RECURSIVE REF REFERENCES REFERENCING RELATIVE REMOVE REPLACE RESIGNAL RESTRICT RETURN RETURNS REVOKE RIGHT ROLE ROLLBACK ROUND ROUTINE ROW ROWS RTRIM SAVEPOINT SCHEMA SCROLL SEARCH SECOND SECTION SELECT SENSITIVE SEQUENCE SESSION SESSION_USER SET SIGNAL SIMILAR SIZE SMALLINT SOME SPACE SQL SQLCODE SQLERROR SQLEXCEPTION SQLSTATE SQLWARNING STATISTICS STRUCTURE SUBSTR SUBSTRING
19. ELECT statement 28 31 ALL operator 39 ALTER TABLE SQL statement 35 AND operator 40 ANY operator 39 APIs 7 ARRAY datatype 22 auto generated keys 22 B B function 42 BETWEEN operator 39 bitmap files in container fields 32 blank characters 38 blank space in database name 19 24 blank value in columns 33 BLOB data type JDBC limitation 22 use in CREATE TABLE 35 use in SELECT 31 Boolean data type 22 C CAST function 32 47 catalog functions for ODBC 43 character operators in SQL expressions 38 CHR function 41 client application using FileMaker as 7 client drivers See drivers CLOB data type 22 column aliases 28 column names 16 configuring a FileMaker data source via JDBC 24 via ODBC Mac OS 19 via ODBC Windows 17 connections database 8 constants in SQL expressions 37 Index container field JDBC data type mapping 49 ODBC data type mapping 47 with INSERT statement 33 with SELECT statement 32 with UPDATE statement 34 CREATE INDEX SQL statement 36 CREATE TABLE SQL statement 35 cursors inJDBC 22 inODBC 31 D data source configuring for access via JDBC 24 configuring for access via ODBC Mac OS 19 configuring for access via ODBC Windows 17 disabling a shared FileMaker database file 8 one DSN for each FileMaker database file 9 using FileMaker as 7 verifying access via JDBC 25 verifying access via ODBC Windows 18 data source names See DSNs data type mapping JDBC client driver 49
20. FileMaker 9 ODBC and JDBC Guide 2004 2007 FileMaker Inc All Rights Reserved FileMaker Inc 5201 Patrick Henry Drive Santa Clara California 95054 FileMaker is a trademark of FileMaker Inc registered in the U S and other countries and ScriptMaker and the file folder logo are trademarks of FileMaker Inc All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners FileMaker documentation is copyrighted You are not authorized to make additional copies or distribute this documentation without written permission from FileMaker You may use this documentation solely with a valid licensed copy of FileMaker software All persons and companies listed in the examples are purely fictitious and any resemblance to existing persons and companies is purely coincidental Credits are listed in the Acknowledgements documents provided with this software Mention of third party products is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation FileMaker Inc assumes no responsibility with regard to the performance of these products For more information visit our website at www filemaker com Edition 01 Contents Chapter 1 Introduction About this guide 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 Insta
21. FileMaker calculation data type to the JOBC SQL type matching the calculation s result For example the JDBC client driver converts a FileMaker calculation that results in a timestamp data type to java sql Types TIMESTAMP 50 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide Appendix C ODBC and JDBC error messages Here are the basic formats of error messages you receive when working with FileMaker and ODBC JDBC For a listing of error numbers and explanations see www datadirect com For more information about working with errors in FileMaker see the Get LastError or Get LastODBCError functions described in FileMaker Pro Help ODBC error messages Error messages can come from ODBC driver errors ODBC Driver Manager errors SequeLink Client errors SequeLink Server errors the data source or database management system ODBC driver error messages An error reported by the SequeLink ODBC driver has the following format DataDirect ODBC SequeLink driver message For example DataDirect ODBC SequeLink driver Invalid precision specified If you get this type of error check the last ODBC call your application made for possible problems or contact your ODBC application vendor ODBC Driver Manager error messages An error reported by the ODBC Driver Manager has the following format Microsoft ODBC Driver Manager message For example Microsoft ODBC Driver Manager Function sequence error If you get this type of error check to se
22. NER JOIN 29 INSERT SQL statement 33 installation requirements 11 installing FileMaker JDBC client drivers 13 FileMaker ODBC client drivers 12 INT function 42 J JAR archive files 13 Java Development Kit JDK 22 Java version 12 JDBC client driver described 22 described 21 error messages 52 overview of using 7 JDBC client driver driver class and main entry point 22 installing 13 mapping data types 49 meta data functions 44 registering with the JDBC driver manager 23 repeating fields 27 specifying the JDBC URL 22 Unicode support 27 verifying access 25 JDBC SPI 22 JDBCTest 13 join 29 K keywords for DSNs Mac OS 19 reserved SQL 44 L LEFT function 41 LEN function 42 LIKE operator 39 literals in SQL expressions 37 Local Data Access Companion LDAC 9 logical operators in SQL expressions 40 LOWER function 41 LTRIM function 41 M Mac OS creating a DSN 19 installing JDBC client driver 13 installing ODBC client driver 13 JDBC client driver requirements 12 ODBC Administrator 19 ODBC client driver requirements 11 mapping data types JDBC client driver 49 ODBC client driver 47 MAX function 42 meta data functions for JDBC 44 Microsoft Access client application 8 importing fields into 16 Microsoft Query Wizard 8 MIN function 42 MOD function 42 MONTH function 42 N network requirements 8 NOT NULL SQL clause 35 NOT operator 40 null value 33 47 numeric operators in SQL expressions 38 NUMVAL f
23. ODBC JDBC 16 sound files in container fields 32 58 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide SPACE function 41 space in database name 19 24 SQL aggregate functions 36 SQL expressions 37 character operators 38 constants 37 date operators 39 exponential or scientific notation 38 field names 37 functions 41 literals 37 logical operators 40 numeric operators 38 operator precedence 43 relational operators 39 SQL standards compliance 27 SQL statements ALTER TABLE 35 CREATE INDEX 36 CREATE TABLE 35 DELETE 33 DROP INDEX 36 INSERT 33 reserved keywords 44 SELECT 27 supported by client drivers 27 UPDATE 34 SQL_C_BINARY data type 27 SQL_C_WCHAR data type 27 SQL 92 27 SQLExceptions 52 standards compliance 27 string functions 41 STRVAL function 41 subqueries 33 SUBSTR function 41 syntax errors 44 system requirements 11 T table aliases 28 29 testing access JDBC client driver 25 ODBC client driver Windows 18 TIME function 41 TRIM function 41 C nicode support 27 JNION SQL operator 30 JPDATE SQL statement 34 JPPER function 41 JRL Uniform Resource Locator for the JDBC client driver 22 USERNAME function 41 V VAL function 42 VALUES SQL clause 33 verifying access JDBC client driver 25 ODBC client driver Windows 18 W WHERE SQL clause 29 wildcards with SELECT statement 28 31 Windows creating a DSN 17 importing fields into Microsoft Access 16 installing JDBC client driver 13 installing ODBC clien
24. ODBC client driver 47 database connections number supported 8 database name considerations Mac OS 19 Windows 18 DATALINK data type 22 DATE function 42 date operators in SQL expressions 39 DATEVAL function 42 DAY function 42 DAYOFWEEK function 42 DELETE SQL statement 33 disabling a shared FileMaker database file 8 DISTINCT operator 28 driver properties JDBC client driver 24 ODBC client driver Mac OS 19 ODBC client driver Windows 17 56 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide drivers installing FileMaker JDBC 13 installing FileMaker ODBC 12 uninstalling old 9 DROP INDEX SQL statement 36 DSNs creating Mac OS 19 creating Windows 17 keyword values for Mac OS 19 one per file 9 E error message formats 51 escape character 19 24 EXISTS operator 39 exponential notation in SQL expressions 38 expressions in SQL 37 extended privileges 16 F field names in SQL expressions 37 fields mapping to JDBC 49 mapping to ODBC 47 FileMaker client drivers See drivers FileMaker products 8 filename limitations Mac OS 19 files organizing on one computer 8 setting up access to 16 use in container fields 32 FOR UPDATE SQL clause 31 FROM SQL clause 29 functions in SQL expressions 41 G Get LastError function 51 Get LastODBCError function 51 GetAs function 32 47 GROUP BY SQL clause 29 H HAVING SQL clause 30 holdable cursor 22 hosting a FileMaker data source 7 image files in container fields 32 IN
25. ON page 29 Combine the results of two or more SELECT statements into a single result ORDER BY page 30 Indicate how the records are sorted FOR UPDATE page 31 To perform Positioned Updates or Positioned Deletes via SQL cursors Note If you attempt to retrieve data from a table with no columns the SELECT statement fails Chapter 5 Supported standards 29 FROM clause The FROM clause indicates the tables that are used in the SELECT statement The format is FROM table names table alias table names can be one or more simple table names in the current working directory or complete pathnames table alias can be used to give the table a more descriptive name or to abbreviate a longer table name Field names can be prefixed with the table name or the table alias For example given the table specification FROM employee E you can refer to the LAST NAME field as E LAST NAME Table aliases must be used if the SELECT statement joins a table to itself For example SELECT FROM employee E employee F WHERE E manager_id F employee_id The equal sign includes only matching rows in the results If you are joining more than one table and you want to discard all rows that don t have corresponding rows in both source tables you can use INNER JOIN For example SELECT FROM Salespeople INNER JOIN Sales Data ON Salespeople Salesperson_ ID Sales Data Salesperson_ID Note OUTER JOIN is not currently supported WHERE clause The WHERE
26. Sales Data Invoice ID FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data Invoice ID BETWEEN 1 AND 10 SELECT COUNT Sales Data Invoice ID AS agg FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data INVOICE ID IN 50 250 100 SELECT COUNT Sales Data Invoice ID AS agg FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data INVOICE ID NOT IN 50 250 100 SELECT COUNT Sales Data Invoice ID AS agg FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data INVOICE ID NOT IN SELECT Sales Data Invoice ID FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data Salesperson_ID SP 4 SELECT FROM Sales Data WHERE EXISTS SELECT Sales Data Amount FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data Salesperson_ID IS NOT NULL SELECT FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data Amount ANY SELECT Sales Data Amount FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data Salesperson_ID SP 1 SELECT FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data Amount ALL SELECT Sales Data Amount FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data Salesperson_ID IS NULL Logical operators You can combine two or more conditions The conditions must be related by AND or OR such as salary 40000 AND exempt 1 The logical NOT operator is used to reverse the meaning such as NOT salary 40000 AND exempt 1 Examples SELECT FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data Company Name NOT LIKE SUniversity AND Sales Data Amount gt 3000 SELECT FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data Company Name LIKE SUniversity OR Sales Data Amount gt 3000 AND Sales Data Salesperson_ID SP 1 Functions Chapter 5 Supported
27. Secure Socket Layer SSL encryption is not supported To create a more secure JDBC solution set up an environment such as ASP or JSP where the web server is hosting via https and communicating with the FileMaker database file behind a firewall Verifying access via JDBC When you install the JDBC client driver you have the option of installing JDBCTest to help verify your connections When installing the JDBC client driver select Install Developer s Tools to get JOBCTest See JDBC client driver installation Windows and Mac OS on page 13 for more information When verifying access to a FileMaker database file via JDBC make sure The FileMaker database file is hosted and available Your FileMaker account uses a privilege set with the extended privilege of Access via ODBC JDBC The FileMaker Pro or FileMaker Server Advanced host application has been set up for sharing via ODBC JDBC To share a FileMaker database file as a data source use FileMaker Pro to define accounts that need access to the database file Then control access to the database file by assigning privilege sets to the accounts including the extended privilege of access via ODBC JDBC Finally enable the FileMaker Server Advanced or FileMaker Pro host application to share data via ODBC JDBC For details see FileMaker Pro Help The JDBC client driver registration and the JDBC URL are correct the driver can be included inside the Java Application or located on
28. arning null try warning con getWarnings if warning null System out printin No warnings return while warning null System out printIn Warning warning warning warning getNextWarning catch Exception e Sysem out printin e Note This example is not meant to be compiled 24 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide Specifying driver properties in the URL subname Specify the user and password driver properties in the subname of the JOBC URL These are the properties that could be passed to the connection when calling the DriverManager getConnection method via the Properties parameter m user an account in the FileMaker database file that uses a privilege set with the extended privilege Access via ODBC JDBC m password the password for the account in the FileMaker database file Basic JDBC URL connection Format jdbc sequelink lt sequelink host IP address gt lt port gt This is the URL to connect to the FileMaker database file with no passwords The port number is always 2399 you can t change the JDBC sharing to a different port If you are executing the JOBC URL connection on the same machine where the file is located you can use jdbc sequelink localhost 2399 Example jdbc sequelink 17 184 17 170 2399 JDBC URL connection with user name and password defined in the URL Format jdbc sequelink lt sequelink host IP address gt lt port gt user lt userName gt passwor
29. ause 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 and literals Exponential scientific notation Numeric operators Character operators Date operators Relational operators Logical operators Functions Operator precedence ODBC Catalog functions JDBC Meta Data functions Reserved SQL keywords 21 21 21 22 22 24 25 27 27 27 27 28 29 29 29 30 30 30 31 33 33 34 35 35 36 36 36 37 37 37 38 38 38 39 39 40 41 43 43 44 Appendix A Mapping FileMaker fields to ODBC data types Appendix B Mapping FileMaker fields to JDBC data types Appendix C ODBC and JDBC error messages ODBC error messages ODBC driver error messages ODBC Driver Manager error messages SequeLink Client error messages SequeLink Server error messages Data source error messages JDBC error messages JDBC driver error messages SequeLink Server error messages Data source error messages Index Contents 5 47 49 51 51 51 51 51 52 52 52 52 52 53 55 6 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide Chapter 1 Introduction This guide explains concepts and details to help you share FileMaker data with other applications using ODBC Open Database Connectivity and JDBC Java Database Connectivity This guide also document
30. base User Name and password in Database Password If the connection is OK you ll receive the message Connection test was successful If the connection fails Make sure the FileMaker database file is hosted and available Update or correct your connection information Make sure your FileMaker account uses a privilege set with the extended privilege of Access via ODBC JDBC Verify that the FileMaker Pro or FileMaker Server host application has been set up for sharing via ODBC JDBC Chapter 3 Using ODBC to share FileMaker data 19 Accessing a FileMaker database file from a Mac OS application If you build custom applications use version 3 52 1 of the ODBC headers and libraries Applications built with version 3 51 might not be able to load the client driver Configuring the ODBC client driver Mac OS Configure the client driver using the ODBC Administrator bundled with the ODBC driver manager software recommended for your client application The client driver has been tested with ODBC Administrator 1 0 1 available with Mac OS 10 4 When configuring the client driver you ll be prompted to provide a brief description and the path to the driver file If you copied SequeLink bundle to this library Use this driver path during configuration Library ODBC Library ODBC SequeLink bundle Contents MacOS ivslk20 dylib Users lt user gt Library ODBC Users lt user gt Library ODBC SequeLink bundle Contents MacOS ivs
31. cessing a FileMaker database file From an ODBC compliant application you can construct SQL queries to access a FileMaker database file The ODBC client driver must be installed on the computer generating the SQL query To access a FileMaker database file 1 In FileMaker Pro review the privilege sets you ve assigned to accounts that will access the database file Accounts that need access must use a privilege set with the extended privilege of Access via ODBC JDBC 2 Enable the FileMaker Server Advanced via FileMaker Server Admin Console or FileMaker Pro host application to share data via ODBC JDBC FileMaker Server Admin Console Click ODBC JDBC then select Enable ODBC JDBC FileMaker Pro Choose File menu gt Sharing gt ODBC JDBC and set ODBC JDBC Sharing to On 3 Make sure the FileMaker database file you want to access is hosted and available If your FileMaker database solution uses more than one FileMaker database file all of the database files must be on the same computer 4 Connect to the FileMaker data source 5 Construct and execute an SQL query in the client application Each FileMaker database file that is open and set up for access is a separate data source you create a DSN for each FileMaker database file you want to access as a data source Each database can have one or more tables FileMaker fields are represented as columns The complete field name including any non alphanumeric characters displays as the
32. clause specifies the conditions that records must meet to be retrieved The WHERE clause contains conditions in the form WHERE exprl rel operator expr2 expr1 and expr2 can be field names constant values or expressions rel_operator is the relational operator that links the two expressions For example the following SELECT statement retrieves the names of employees who make 20 000 or more SELECT last name first name FROM emp WHERE salary gt 20000 Note If you use fully qualified names in the SELECT projection list you must also use fully qualified names in the related WHERE clause GROUP BY clause The GROUP BY clause specifies the names of one or more fields by which the returned values should be grouped This clause is used to return a set of aggregate values It has the following format GROUP BY column_expressions column_expressions must match the column expression used in the SELECT clause A column expression can be one or more field names of the database table separated by commas or one or more expressions separated by commas The following example sums the salaries in each department SELECT dept_id SUM salary FROM emp GROUP BY dept_id This statement returns one row for each distinct department ID Each row contains the department ID and the sum of the salaries of the employees in the department 30 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide HAVING clause The HAVING clause enables you to specify conditions for groups of
33. container field Within a SELECT statement use the CAST function to retrieve file reference information and use the GetAs function to retrieve data of a specific file type The result is mapped to the corresponding ODBC data type String length is optional in table declarations All strings are stored and retrieved in Unicode Notes You can SELECT up to 170 fields at one time from a FileMaker database file you can UPDATE up to 100 fields at one time FileMaker supports repeating fields array data types but ODBC does not FileMaker exports repetitions to tab delimited or comma delimited files and separates each repetition with a group separator Unicode decimal value 29 Text columns separated with the group separator are concatenated All other data types return only the first repetition 48 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide Appendix B Mapping FileMaker fields to JDBC data types The JDBC client driver uses the following mappings when converting FileMaker data types to JDBC SQL types For information about these types see the JDK 1 5 documentation web pages at www javasoft com FileMaker field type Converts to JDBC SOL type text java sql Types VARCHAR number java sql Types DOUBLE date java sql Types DATE time java sql Types TIME timestamp java sql Types TIMESTAMP container java sql Types BLOB calculation specified by the data type of the calculation s result The JDBC client driver converts the
34. cter string value enclosed by single quotation marks use two single quotation marks together for example Don t Date time and timestamp values must be enclosed in braces Logical values that are characters must be enclosed in periods for example T or F Subqueries must be enclosed in parentheses The following example inserts a list of expressions INSERT INTO emp last name first name emp id salary hire date VALUES Smith John E22345 27500 6 5 2004 Each INSERT statement adds one record to the database table In this case a record has been added to the employee database table EMP Values are specified for five columns The remaining columns in the table are assigned a blank value meaning Null Note In container fields you can INSERT only text 34 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide The SELECT statement is a query that returns values for each column_name value specified in the column name list Using a SELECT statement instead of a list of value expressions lets you select a set of rows from one table and insert it into another table using a single INSERT statement Here s an example of an INSERT statement that uses a SELECT statement INSERT INTO empl first name last name emp id dept salary SELECT first name last name emp id dept salary from emp WHERE dept D050 In this type of INSERT statement the number of columns to be inserted must match the number of columns in the SELECT statement
35. d lt password gt Example jdbc sequelink 17 184 17 170 2399 user phil password jsp JDBC URL connection with the database name specified in the URL Format jdbc sequelink lt sequelink host IP address gt lt port gt serverDataSource lt databasename gt Example jdbc sequelink 17 184 17 170 2399 serverDataSource publications If your database name contains spaces replace them with the escape characters 20 Example jdbc sequelink 17 184 17 170 2399 serverDataSource MY 2 0DATABASE Chapter 4 Using JDBC to share FileMaker data 25 JDBC URL connection with the database name user name and password specified in the URL Format 1 using the data store user name and password jdbc sequelink lt sequelink host IP address gt lt port gt serverDataSource lt databasename gt DBUser lt databaseusername gt DBPassword lt databasepassword gt Format 2 using the host user name and password jdbc sequelink lt sequelink host IP address gt lt port gt serverDataSource lt databasename gt HUser lt username gt HPassword lt pa ssword gt If your FileMaker database solution uses many FileMaker database files create an additional database file that contains all the necessary external data source references table occurrences and relationships for your solution Then define this additional database file as your data source in the JDBC URL All of the FileMaker database files must be on the same computer Note
36. d JDBC client drivers 13 ODBC client driver installation Mac OS If you have previously installed the ODBC client driver for Mac OS uninstall it before installing an updated version To install the ODBC client driver From the folder xDBC ODBC Client Driver Installer copy the file SequeLink bundle to either your System or User library If you don t have an ODBC folder create one manually Copy SequeLink bundle Library to this folder Use this driver path during configuration System Library ODBC Library ODBC SequeLink bundle Contents MacOS ivslk20 dylib User Users lt user gt Library ODBC Users lt user gt Library ODBC SequeLink bundle Contents MacOS ivslk20 dylib This client driver has been tested with ODBC Administrator 1 0 1 available with Mac OS 10 4 Important Use the ODBC Administrator bundled with the ODBC driver manager software recommended for your client application JDBC client driver installation Windows and Mac OS The installation program and the JDBC client driver work on both Windows and Mac OS You must have write access to the folder where you re installing the JDBC client driver By default the folder that contains the installation program is the installation folder If you have previously installed the JDBC client driver uninstall it before installing an updated version To install the JDBC client driver 1 Open the folder kKDBC JDBC Client Driver Installer then double click sljcin
37. database file The format of the CREATE INDEX statement is CREATE INDEX index name ON table name column_name CREATE INDEX is supported for a single column multi column indexes are not supported Indexes are not allowed on columns that correspond to container field types summary fields fields that have the global storage option or unstored calculation fields in a FileMaker database file Creating an index for a text column automatically selects the Storage Option of Minimal in Indexing for the corresponding field in the FileMaker database file Creating an index for a non text column or a column formatted as Japanese text automatically selects the Storage Option of All in Indexing for the corresponding field in the FileMaker database file Creating an index for any column automatically selects the Storage Option of Automatically create indexes as needed in Indexing for the corresponding field in the FileMaker database file Example CREATE INDEX myIndex ON Salespeople Salesperson_ID DROP INDEX statement Use the DROP INDEX statement to remove an index from a database file The format of the DROP INDEX statement is DROP INDEX ON table name column_name Remove an index when your database file is too large or you don t often use a field in queries If your queries are experiencing poor performance and you re working with an extremely large FileMaker database file with many indexed text fields consider dropping the index
38. ds 43 Operator precedence As expressions become more complex the order in which the expressions are evaluated becomes important This table shows the order in which the operators are evaluated The operators in the first line are evaluated first and so on Operators in the same line are evaluated left to right in the expression Precedence Operator 1 Unary Unary A X tes lt gt lt lt gt gt Like Not Like Is Null Is Not Null Between In Exists Any All Not AND OR Oo DN ND NM A N The following example shows the importance of precedence WHERE salary gt 40000 OR hire date gt 01 30 2004 AND dept D101 Because AND is evaluated first this query retrieves employees in department D101 hired after January 30 2004 as well as every employee making more than 40 000 no matter what department or hire date To force the clause to be evaluated in a different order use parentheses to enclose the conditions to be evaluated first For example WHERE salary gt 40000 OR hire date gt 01 30 2004 AND dept D101 retrieves employees in department D101 that either make more than 40 000 or were hired after January 30 2004 ODBC Catalog functions The ODBC client driver supports the following Catalog functions SQLTables catalog information is stored and reported as single part names table name only SQLColumns SQLColumnPrivileges SQLDescribeCol SQLGetTypelnf
39. e that you have the proper ODBC support files and drivers SequeLink Client error messages An etror reported by the SequeLink ODBC Client has the following format DataDirect ODBC SequeLink driver SequeLink Client message For example DataDirect ODBC SequeLink driver SequeLink Client The specified transliteration module is not found 52 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide SequeLink Server error messages An etror reported by the SequeLink Server has the following format DataDirect ODBC SequeLink driver SequeLink Server message For example DataDirect ODBC SequeLink driver SequeLink Server Only SELECT statements are allowed in this read only connection Data source error messages An error that occurs in the data source includes the data source name in the following format DataDirect ODBC SequeLink driver data_source message For example you might get the following message from your FileMaker data source DataDirect ODBC SequeLink driver FileMaker Invalid Username Password If you get this type of error you did something incorrectly with the database system Check your FileMaker documentation for more information or consult your database administrator Consecutive messages for errors in different columns can sometimes display an incorrect column name JDBC error messages The SequeLink for JDBC driver reports errors to the calling application by returning SQLExceptions Error messages can come from
40. equal to lt Less than lt Less than or equal to LIKE Matching a pattern NOT LIKE Not matching a pattern IS NULL Equal to Null IS NOT NULL Not equal to Null BETWEEN Range of values between a lower and upper bound IN A member of a set of specified values or a member of a subquery NOT IN Not a member of a set of specified values or a member of a subquery EXISTS True if a subquery returned at least one record ANY Compares a value to each value returned by a subquery operator must be preceded by lt gt gt gt lt or lt Any is equivalent to In ALL Compares a value to each value returned by a subquery operator must be preceded by lt gt gt gt lt or lt Examples SELECT Sales Data Invoice ID FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data Salesperson_ID SP 1 SELECT Sales Data Amount FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data Invoice ID lt gt 125 SELECT Sales Data Amount FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data Amount gt 3000 40 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide SELECT Sales Data Time_ Sold FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data Time Sold lt 12 00 00 SELECT Sales Data Company Name FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data Company Name LIKE University SELECT Sales Data Company Name FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data Company Name NOT LIKE University SELECT Sales Data Amount FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data Amount IS NULL SELECT Sales Data Amount FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data Amount IS NOT NULL SELECT
41. er database file Windows The FileMaker ODBC client driver is DataDirect 32 BIT SequeLink 5 5 Mac OS The FileMaker ODBC client driver is ivslk20 dylib Note You can also use FileMaker Pro as a client application interacting with records from another data source via ODBC using SQL See FileMaker Pro Help for details about accessing an external data source via ODBC About ODBC ODBC is an API that enables applications to access data from many database management systems ODBC gives client applications a common language for interacting with data sources and database services All applications that support ODBC recognize a common subset of statements SQL lets you use other applications like spreadsheets word processors and reporting tools to view analyze and modify FileMaker data See chapter 5 Supported standards for the SQL statements functions and expressions that the ODBC client driver supports Your application can talk directly to a FileMaker database file by using the ODBC client driver Your SQL statements are delivered to the FileMaker host of the database file and the results of those statements are sent back to you If you use FileMaker Server Advanced to host a FileMaker database file as a data source the database file can be located on another machine the server machine connected to the network while your client application is located on your machine the client machine This is referred to as a client server
42. es from some fields Also consider dropping the indexes from fields that you rarely use in SELECT statements Dropping an index for any column automatically selects the Storage Option of None and clears Automatically create indexes as needed in Indexing for the corresponding field in the FileMaker database file The PREVENT INDEX CREATION attribute is not supported Example DROP INDEX ON Salespeople Salesperson_ID SQL aggregate functions Aggregate functions return a single value from a set of records You can use an aggregate function as part of a SELECT statement with a field name for example AVG SALARY or in combination with a column expression for example AVG SALARY 1 07 You can precede the column expression with the DISTINCT operator to eliminate duplicate values For example COUNT DISTINCT last_name In this example only unique last name values are counted Important Use uppercase letters for SQL function names some are case sensitive Chapter 5 Supported standards 37 Aggregate function Returns SUM The total of the values in a numeric field expression For example SUM SALARY returns the sum of all salary field values AVG The average of the values in a numeric field expression For example AVG SALARY returns the average of all salary field values COUNT The number of values in any field expression For example COUNT NAME returns the number of name values When using COUNT with a field name COUNT
43. es or literals in the projection list might not function correctly To avoid potential confusion avoid wildcards and specify table and column names without aliases column_alias can be used to give the column a more descriptive name or to abbreviate a longer column name For example to assign the alias department to the column dept SELECT dept AS department FROM emp Field names can be prefixed with the table name or the table alias For example EMP LAST_NAME or E LAST_NAME where E is the alias for the table EMP The DISTINCT operator can precede the first column expression This operator eliminates duplicate rows from the result of a query For example SELECT DISTINCT dept FROM emp SQL clauses The ODBC and JDBC client drivers provide support for the following SQL clauses Use this SOL clause To FROM see below Indicate which tables are used in the SELECT statement WHERE page 29 Specify the conditions that records must meet to be retrieved like a FileMaker Pro find request GROUP BY page 29 Specify the names of one or more fields by which the returned values should be grouped This clause is used to return a set of aggregate values by returning one row for each group like a FileMaker Pro subsummary HAVING page 30 Specify conditions for groups of records for example display only the departments that have salaries totaling more than 200 000 This clause is only valid if you have already defined a GROUP BY clause UNI
44. he file Imported a file into the container field from another application the SELECT statement displays the file displays as Untitled dat in FileMaker Pro To retrieve data of a specific file type from a container field use the GetAs function and specify the file s type For example SELECT GetAs Company Logo JPEG FROM Sales Data The possible file types case sensitive you can retrieve from a container field in a FileMaker database file are File type Description File type Description EMBO OLE container data PDF Portable Document Format EMF Windows Enhanced Metafile Plus PICT Mac OS does not have 512 byte file based header EPS Embedded PostScript PNGf Bitmap image format FILE Result of an Insert File command PNTG MacPaint FPix Flash FPX qtif QuickTime image file FORK Resource fork Mac OS SGT Generic bitmap format GIFf Graphics Interchange Format snd Standard sound Mac OS raw format JPEG Photographic images TIFF Raster file format for digital images JP2 JPEG 2000 TPIC Targa META Windows Metafile enhanced XMLO Layout objects METO Windows Metafile original 8BPS PhotoShop PSD moov Old QuickTime format Mac OS Chapter 5 Supported standards 33 DELETE statement Use the DELETE statement to delete records from a database table The format of the DELETE statement is DELETE FROM table name WHERE conditions Note The WHERE clause determines which rec
45. le describes what each FileMaker product allows This FileMaker product Allows FileMaker Server Advanced Up to 50 connections and supports local access same computer and remote access both for middleware such as web servers and for remote client access from desktop productivity applications FileMaker Pro Up to five connections and supports local access same computer only The ODBC and JDBC plug in components you need for sharing your data with other applications is installed with FileMaker Server Advanced and FileMaker Pro To access a hosted FileMaker database file you need to install the corresponding ODBC or JDBC client driver Install the client driver on the machine on which the third party application is installed See chapter 2 Installing FileMaker ODBC and JDBC client drivers for information on installing the driver files needed for accessing a FileMaker data source If your FileMaker database solution uses more than one FileMaker database file all of the database files must be on the same computer Chapter 5 Supported standards describes the SQL statements that the ODBC and JDBC client drivers support when used with FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Server Advanced Important If you disable ODBC JDBC sharing after it s already been on a data source hosted by FileMaker Server Advanced or FileMaker Pro immediately becomes unavailable The database administrator doesn t have the capability to alert ODBC and JDBC c
46. lient applications about the data source s availability the administrator can communicate only with FileMaker database file clients No errors are reported and the client application should notify users that the data source is not available and transactions cannot be completed If a client application attempts to connect to an unavailable FileMaker database file a message explains that the connection failed Limitations with third party tools Microsoft Query Wizard In a FileMaker data source you cannot access table or column names that use High ASCII or double byte characters Instead use Microsoft Query and manually enter the characters enclosed in double quotation marks Microsoft Access In a FileMaker data source you cannot access table or column names that use High ASCII or double byte characters Networking requirements You need a TCP IP network when using FileMaker Server Advanced to host a FileMaker database file as a data source over a network FileMaker Pro supports local access same computer only Chapter 1 Introduction 9 Updating files from previous versions If you used LDAC Local Data Access Companion or RDAC Remote Data Access Companion in versions prior to FileMaker Server 5 5 to share a database file you ll need to make two changes First you need to set up users to belong to an account that has the extended privilege of Access via ODBC JDBC as part of the account s privilege set See FileMaker
47. lk20 dylib The ODBC Administrator also allows you to optionally define keywords and a Setup File path but the client driver does not need that information Specifying ODBC client driver properties for a FileMaker DSN Mac OS Create a DSN for each FileMaker database file you want to access as a data source The DSN identifies the FileMaker ODBC client driver the location of the FileMaker host application and the FileMaker database file you re accessing as a data source Important The ODBC client driver for Mac OS does not support upper ASCII double byte or Japanese characters in database names or table names If your FileMaker database file uses these characters create a second database and use only ASCII characters for the filename and table names In the second database create a data source reference that points to the data in your original database file Share both files with ODBC JDBC but use the second database file when defining the DSN Additionally you ll need to specify these keyword values for the DSN Keyword Value Host If you re connecting to a FileMaker database file hosted by FileMaker Pro on your local machine type localhost or 127 0 0 1 If you re connecting to a FileMaker database file hosted by FileMaker Server over a network type the IP address or hostname of FileMaker Server Port Type 2399 ServerDataSource Type the filename of the FileMaker database file you re using as a data source don t type
48. lling FileMaker ODBC and JDBC client drivers Abiding by the license agreement Hardware and software requirements ODBC client driver requirements Windows ODBC client driver requirements Mac OS JDBC client driver requirements Networking requirements ODBC client driver installation Windows ODBC client driver installation Mac OS JDBC client driver installation Windows and Mac OS Configuring client drivers Where to go from here Chapter 3 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 Configuring the ODBC client driver Mac OS Specifying ODBC client driver properties for a FileMaker DSN Mac OS VO O o WO 0O NN N 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 19 19 19 4 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide Chapter 4 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 Verifying access via JDBC Chapter 5 Supported standards Support for Unicode characters SQL statements SELECT statement SQL clauses FROM clause WHERE clause GROUP BY clause HAVING cl
49. nd type java version Networking requirements If you ll be accessing a FileMaker data source hosted on another computer you ll need network access via TCP IP ODBC client driver installation Windows If you have previously installed the ODBC client driver for Windows uninstall it with Add or Remove Programs before installing an updated version To install the ODBC client driver You need MDAC 2 8 SP1 available from www microsoft com to install the ODBC client driver 1 In the folder KDBC ODBC Client Driver Installer double click setup The DataDirect SequeLink for ODBC 5 5 InstallShield Wizard appears 2 Install the ODBC client driver by following the on screen instructions The Data Source SyncTool Data Source SyncTool Administrator and SequeLink Online Books are not chosen as part of the default installation you do not need them to use the ODBC client driver By default the ODBC client driver will be installed in this folder C Program Files DataDirect slodbc55 Choose another drive or another folder if you wish 3 When the installation is complete click Finish The ODBC client driver DataDirect 32 BIT SequeLink 5 5 is now available for you to configure for accessing a FileMaker data source Note If you have any trouble installing directly install the driver instead through Add or Remove Programs in Windows choose Start menu gt Control Panel gt Add or Remove Programs Chapter 2 Installing FileMaker ODBC an
50. nfigure a client driver for the data source Configuration settings identify the client driver you re using the location of the data source and details on how you intend to connect Important When configuring a FileMaker client driver you must specify 2399 as the port For ODBC Windows you ll specify the port in the ODBC Data Source Administrator For ODBC Mac OS you ll specify the port in the ODBC Administrator For JDBC you ll specify the port in the JDBC URL For additional information about the ODBC client driver on Windows choose the Windows Start menu gt Programs gt DataDirect SequeLink for ODBC 5 5 gt Driver Help Note The Help system provided by DataDirect Technologies describes some functionality beyond the scope of using the ODBC and JDBC client drivers for accessing FileMaker data sources Where to go from here After you install and configure a client driver you can construct and execute SQL queries to access a FileMaker data source Client applications sometimes use different terminology for accessing a data source via ODBC Many applications have menu items with names such as Get external data or SOL query Review the documentation or Help that comes with your application for details Chapter 3 Using ODBC to share FileMaker data Use the ODBC client driver to connect to a FileMaker data source from another application The application that uses the ODBC client driver can directly access the data in a FileMak
51. nstead of having an assigned value the literal itself is the value such as Paris or 14 35 10 A literal is a what you see is what you get constant You must enclose character constants such as literals in pairs of single quotation marks To include a single quotation mark in a character constant enclosed by single quotation marks use two single quotation marks together for example Don t 38 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide You must enclose date time and timestamp constants in braces for example D 2005 06 05 14 35 10 and TS 2005 06 05 14 35 10 The one exception SQL 92 syntax requires ISO date and time formats with no brackets DATE YYYY MM DD TIME HH MM SS TIMESTAMP YYYY MM DD HH MM SS Constant Acceptable syntax examples Text Paris Number 1 05 Date DATE 2005 06 05 D 2005 06 05 06 05 2005 06 05 05 Time TIME 14 35 10 T 14 35 10 14 35 10 Timestamp TIMESTAMP 2005 06 05 14 35 10 TS 2005 06 05 14 35 10 06 05 2005 14 35 10 2005 06 05 14 35 10 06 05 05 14 35 10 Make sure Strict data type 4 Digit Year Date is not selected as a validation option in the FileMaker database file for a field using this 2 digit year syntax When entering date and time values match the format of the database file locale For example if the database was created on an Italian language system use Italian date and time formats Logical values that a
52. o 44 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide JDBC Meta Data functions The JDBC client driver supports the following Meta Data functions getColumns getColumnPrivileges getMetaData getTypelnfo getTables getTableTypes Reserved SQL keywords The following table lists reserved keywords that should not be used as names for columns tables aliases or other user defined objects If you are getting syntax errors these errors may be due to using one of these reserved words If you want to use one of these keywords you need to use quotation marks to prevent the word from being treated as a keyword For example the following Create Table statement shows how to use the OID keyword as a data element name create table t oid numeric Reserved keywords ABSOLUTE BREADTH ACTION BY ADD CALL AFTER CASCADE ALIAS CASCADED ALL CASE ALLOCATE CAST ALTER CATALOG AND CHAR ANY CHARACTER ARE CHARACTER_LENGTH AS CHAR_LENGTH ASC CHECK ASSERTION CHR ASYNC CLOSE AT COALESCE AUTHORIZATION COLLATE AVG COLLATION BEFORE COLUMN BEGIN COLUMNS BETWEEN COMMIT BIT COMPLETION BIT_LENGTH CONCAT BOOLEAN CONNECT BOTH CONNECTION CONSTRAINT CONSTRAINTS CONTINUE CONVERT CORRESPONDING COUNT CREATE CROSS CURDATE CURRENT CURRENT_DATE CURRENT_TIME CURRENT_TIMESTAMP CURRENT_USER CURSOR CURTIME CYCLE DATA DATE DAY DAYOFMONTH DAYOFWEEK DEALLOCATE DEC DECIMAL DECLARE DEFAULT DEFERRABLE DEFERRED DELETE
53. ords are to be deleted If you don t include the WHERE keyword all records in the table are deleted but the table is left intact An example of a DELETE statement on the Employee table is DELETE FROM emp WHERE emp id E10001 Each DELETE statement removes every record that meets the conditions in the WHERE clause In this case every record having the employee ID E10001 is deleted Because employee IDs are unique in the Employee table only one record is deleted INSERT statement Use the INSERT statement to create records in a database table You can specify either A list of values to be inserted as a new record A SELECT statement that copies data from another table to be inserted as a set of new records The format of the INSERT statement is INSERT INTO table name column name VALUES expr column_name is an optional list of column names that provides the name and order of the columns whose values are specified in the VALUES clause If you omit column_name the value expressions expr must provide values for all columns defined in the table and must be in the same order that the columns are defined for the table expr is the list of expressions giving the values for the columns of the new record Usually the expressions are constant values for the columns but they can also be a subquery You must enclose character string values in pairs of single quotation marks To include a single quotation mark in a chara
54. ork while your Java applet or client application is located on your machine the client machine This is referred to as a client server configuration Java application JDBC driver Client machine Database server Using the JDBC client driver You can use the JDBC client driver with a Java compiler or RAD tool to connect with your database while you build the code for your Java application or applet After the Java application or applet has been created the JDBC client driver must be present with the files or included within the code in order for the application or applet to communicate with the database To use the JDBC client driver your Java application or applet must register the driver with the JDBC driver manager and you must specify the correct JOBC URL from within the application or applet You need the JDBC URL to make the connection to the database 22 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide About the JDBC client driver The JDBC client driver provides partial support for the JDBC 3 0 specification The following features are not supported by FileMaker Savepoint support Retrieval of auto generated keys Passing parameters to a callable statement object by name Holdable cursor support Making internal updates to the data in Blob and Clob objects Retrieving and updating the object referenced by a Ref object Updating of columns containing BLOB CLOB ARRAY and REF data types Boolean data type DATALINK data t
55. re characters must be enclosed in periods The logical constants are T and 1 for True and F and 0 for False For portability use 1 and 0 Exponential scientific notation You can include exponential notation Example SELECT columnl 3 4E 7 FROM tablel WHERE calc lt 3 4E 6 column2 Numeric operators You can include the following operators in number expressions and or exponentiation You can precede numeric expressions with a unary plus or minus Character operators You can concatenate characters Examples In the following examples last_name is JONES and first name is ROBERT Operator Concatenation Example Result Keep trailing blank characters first_name last_name ROBERT JONES Move trailing blank characters to the end first_name last_name ROBERTJONES Chapter 5 Supported standards 39 Date operators You can modify dates Examples In the following examples hire_date is 01 30 2004 Operator Effect on date Example Result Add a number of days to a date 02 04 2004 Find the number of days between two dates hire_date 01 01 2004 29 or subtract a number of days from a date hire_date 10 01 20 2004 hire_date 5 Additional examples SELECT Date Sold Date Sold 30 AS agg FROM Sales Data SELECT Date Sold Date Sold 30 AS agg FROM Sales Data Relational operators Operator Meaning Equal lt gt Not equal gt Greater than gt Greater than or
56. records for example display only the departments that have salaries totaling more than 200 000 This clause is valid only if you have already defined a GROUP BY clause It has the following format HAVING exprl rel operator expr2 expr and expr2 can be field names constant values or expressions These expressions do not have to match a column expression in the SELECT clause rel_operator is the relational operator that links the two expressions The following example returns only the departments whose sums of salaries are greater than 200 000 SELECT dept id SUM salary FROM emp GROUP BY dept_id HAVING SUM salary gt 200000 UNION operator The UNION operator combines the results of two or more SELECT statements into a single result The single result is all of the returned records from the SELECT statements By default duplicate records are not returned To return duplicate records use the ALL keyword UNION ALL The format is SELECT statement UNION ALL SELECT statement When using the UNION operator the select lists for each SELECT statement must have the same number of column expressions with the same data types and must be specified in the same order For example SELECT last_name salary hire date FROM emp UNION SELECT name pay birth date FROM person This example has the same number of column expressions and each column expression in order has the same data type The following example is not valid because
57. registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE ODBC ODBCINST INI ODBC Drivers using Regedit choose Start menu gt Run gt Regedit The Data for this entry should be value not set If instead you see a blank string right click Default choose Delete and click Yes to confirm This resets the entry to value not set Uninstall and reinstall your ODBC client driver to see it in the ODBC Data Source Administrator Click Finish The DataDirect SequeLink for ODBC Setup dialog appears with the General tab selected For Data Source Name type a name that will be meaningful to others accessing the FileMaker data source An additional Description is optional Be sure Use LDAP is cleared No translator DLLs are included with the ODBC client driver so clicking Translate will not allow you to configure an ODBC translator For SequeLink Server Host enter the location of your data source If you re connecting to a FileMaker database file hosted by FileMaker Pro on your local machine type localhost or 127 0 0 1 If you re connecting to a FileMaker database file hosted by FileMaker Server over a network type the IP address of FileMaker Server For SequeLink Server Port type 2399 Important When configuring a FileMaker data source you must specify 2399 as the SequeLink Server Port For Server Data Source type the filename of the FileMaker database file you re using as a data source don t type the filename extension
58. returns the number of non null field values A special example is COUNT which returns the number of records in the set including records with null values MAX The maximum value in any field expression For example MAX SALARY returns the maximum salary field value MIN The minimum value in any field expression For example MIN SALARY returns the minimum salary field value Examples SELECT SUM Sales Data Amount AS agg FROM Sales Data SELECT AVG Sales Data Amount AS agg FROM Sales Data SELECT COUNT Sales Data Amount AS agg FROM Sales Data SELECT MAX Sales Data Amount AS agg FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data Amount lt 3000 SELECT MIN Sales Data Amount AS agg FROM Sales Data WHERE Sales Data Amount lt 3000 SOL expressions Use expressions in WHERE HAVING and ORDER BY clauses of SELECT statements to form detailed and sophisticated database queries Valid expression elements are Field names Numeric operators Relational operators Constants and literals Character operators Logical operators Exponential notation Date operators Functions Field names The most common expression is a simple field name such as calc or Sales _Data Invoice_ ID Constants and literals Constants are values that do not change For example in the expression PRICE 1 05 the value 1 05 is a constant Or you might assign a value of 30 to the constant Number_Of_Days_In_June A literal is another kind of constant but i
59. s how the ODBC and JDBC client drivers when used with FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Server Advanced support the industry standards for ODBC JDBC and SQL Structured Query Language You can use FileMaker Pro FileMaker Pro Advanced or FileMaker Server Advanced to create and test your database solution You can then share your FileMaker database solution as a data source with ODBC and JDBC compliant applications You must install the FileMaker ODBC and JDBC drivers on the machine where your third party application is installed Important This guide describes using FileMaker software as a data source For step by step information on using FileMaker Pro as an ODBC client application see FileMaker Pro Help The following table gives an overview of how to use ODBC and JDBC with FileMaker software What do you want to do How do you do it See Use FileMaker Pro as a data source share 1 SQL queries This guide FileMaker Pro data 2 JDBC Use FileMaker Pro as an ODBC client 1 Interactively via the relationships graph FileMaker Pro Help access ODBC data 2 One time static via ODBC import or File menu gt Open Also the Import Records script step and the Execute SQL script step About this guide For information on using ODBC and JDBC with previous versions of FileMaker Pro see www filemaker com downloads This guide assumes that you are familiar with the basics of using ODBC and JDBC and constructing SQL queries Refer to a third par
60. staller jar The DataDirect SequeLink for JDBC 5 5 Installer window appears Note Your Java Runtime environment should be associated with JAR archive files Other applications may also be associated with JAR archive files such as WinZip or Stuffit If so they can prevent the JDBC Installer from opening If the Installer window does not open start either a command window Windows or Terminal window Mac OS and change to the JDBC Client Driver folder From here you can start the installer by typing the following command java jar sljcinstaller jar 2 Click Next Review the license agreement 3 If the license agreement is acceptable select accept the terms of the license agreement then click Next A window of installation options appears 4 Select Install Developer s Tools The tools include JOBCTest which helps you verify your JDBC connections 5 Enter an Install Directory Windows Enter a path that includes your Java executable file java exe Mac OS Enter Library Java Extensions or another location included in the ClassPath of your Java application 14 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide 6 Click Next 7 Confirm your installation selections then click Install 8 When the installation is complete click Finish The JDBC client driver is now available for you to configure for accessing a FileMaker data source Configuring client drivers Before using a client application to access a FileMaker data source you must co
61. t driver 12 JDBC client driver requirements 12 ODBC client driver requirements 11 verifying ODBC access 18 X X function 42 Y YEAR function 42 CG Ge
62. tabase The JDBC URL consists of three main parts separated by colons jdbc lt subprotocol gt lt subname gt The first part in the JDBC URL is always the JDBC protocol jdbc The subprotocol is the driver name or the mechanism that supports multiple drivers For the JDBC client driver the subprotocol is sequelink The subname is the IP address of the machine that is hosting the FileMaker data source Chapter 4 Using JDBC to share FileMaker data 23 Registering the JDBC client driver and connecting to a FileMaker data source an example Here is a snippet of a JDBC client application that 1 Registers the JDBC client driver with the JDBC driver manager 2 Establishes a connection with the FileMaker data source the JOBC URL is jdbc sequelink 17 184 17 170 2399 3 Returns error codes import java sql class FMPJDBCTest public static void main String args ip register the JDBC client driver try Driver d Driver Class forName com ddtek jdbc sequelink SequeLinkDriver newlnstance catch Exception e System out printin e establish a connection to FileMaker Connection con try con DriverManager getConnction jdbc sequelink 17 184 17 170 2399 user some user password some password serverDataSource database catch Exception e serverdatasource dbName System out printin e get connection warnings serverDataSource dbName SQLWarning w
63. the data types of the column expressions are different SALARY from EMP has a different data type than LAST_NAME from RAISES This example has the same number of column expressions in each SELECT statement but the expressions are not in the same order by data type SELECT last name salary FROM emp UNION SELECT salary last name FROM raises ORDER BY clause The ORDER BY clause indicates how the records are to be sorted The format is ORDER BY sort expression DESC ASC sort_expression can be field names expressions or the positional number of the column expression to use The default is to perform an ascending ASC sort For example to sort by last_name then by first_name you could use either of the following SELECT statements SELECT emp id last name first name FROM emp ORDER BY last name first name or SELECT emp id last name first name FROM emp ORDER BY 2 3 In the second example last name is the second column expression following SELECT so ORDER BY 2 sorts by last_name Chapter 5 Supported standards 31 FOR UPDATE clause The FOR UPDATE clause performs Positioned Updates or Positioned Deletes via SQL cursors The format is FOR UPDATE OF column_expressions column_expressions is a list of field names in the database table that you intend to update separated by acomma column_expressions is optional The following example returns all records in the employee database that have a SALARY field value of more than
64. tions that Description Divides two numbers and returns the remainder of the division Returns the length of a string Returns the month part of a date Returns the day part of a date Returns the year part of a date Returns the larger of two numbers Returns the day of week 1 7 of a date expression Returns the smaller of two numbers Raises a number to a power Returns the integer part of a number Returns the decimal equivalent of a hexadecimal number Returns the decimal equivalent of a binary number Rounds a number Converts a character string to a number if the character string is not a valid number returns 0 Converts a character string to a number if the character string is not a valid number returns 0 Example MOD 10 3 returns 1 LEN ABC returns 3 MONTH 01 30 2004 returns 1 DAY 01 30 2004 returns 30 YEAR 01 30 2004 returns 2004 MAX 66 89 returns 89 DAYOFWEEK 05 01 2004 returns 7 MIN 66 89 returns 66 POW 7 2 returns 49 INT 6 4321 returns 6 X b9 returns 185 B 1001 returns 9 ROUND 123 456 0 returns 123 ROUND 123 456 2 returns 123 46 ROUND 123 456 2 returns 100 NUMVAL 123 returns 123 VAL 123 returns 123 return dates DATE DATEVAL Description Example Returns today s date If today is 11 21 2005 DATE returns 2005 11 21 Converts a character string to a date DATEVAL 01 30 2006 returns 2006 01 30 Chapter 5 Supported standar
65. ty book for more information on these topics This guide uses FileMaker Pro to refer to both FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Pro Advanced unless describing specific FileMaker Pro Advanced features Note You can download PDFs of FileMaker documentation from www filemaker com downloads Any updates to this document are also available from the website Using a FileMaker database as a data source ODBC and JDBC are application programming interfaces APIs These APIs give client applications a common language for interacting with a variety of data sources and database services including FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Server Advanced All applications that support ODBC and JDBC recognize a basic subset of SQL statements Working with SQL you can use other applications like spreadsheets word processors and reporting tools to view analyze and modify FileMaker data 8 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide SQL is passed through the ODBC and JDBC interfaces to the FileMaker host of the data source performing queries such as SELECT first name last name FROM customers WHERE city Paris and making updates such as the creation of a new record with INSERT INTO customers first name last_name VALUES Jane Smith Accessing a hosted FileMaker Pro database With either FileMaker Server Advanced or FileMaker Pro you can host a FileMaker database file as a data source sharing your data with other applications using ODBC and JDBC The following tab
66. unction 42 O ODBC described 15 error messages 51 overview of using 7 repeating fields 47 standards compliance 27 ODBC Administrator Mac OS 19 ODBC client driver catalog functions 43 installing Mac OS 13 installing Windows 12 mapping data types 47 maximum number of FileMaker fields 47 repeating fields 27 Unicode support 27 verifying access Windows 18 ODBC Data Source Administrator Windows 17 operator precedence in SQL expressions 43 Index 57 OR operator 40 ORDER BY SQL clause 30 OUTER JOIN 29 overview setting up privileges and sharing 16 using ODBC and JDBC with FileMaker 7 P password with JDBC 24 with ODBC 18 port specifying for JDBC 24 specifying for ODBC Mac OS 19 specifying for ODBC Windows 17 portals 27 positioned updates and deletes 31 POW function 42 privileges extended 16 Q QuickTime files in container fields 32 R Rapid Application Development RAD tools 21 REF data type 22 registering the JDBC client driver 23 relational operators in SQL expressions 39 remote access 8 Remote Data Access Companion RDAC 9 repeating fields 27 47 requirements for installation 11 reserved SQL keywords 44 RIGHT function 41 ROUND function 42 RTRIM function 41 S savepoint support 22 scientific notation in SQL expressions 38 Secure Socket Layer encryption 25 SELECT SQL statement 27 SequeLink Server Host 17 SequeLink Server Port 17 Server Data Source 17 sharing setting up
67. ype Transform groups and type mapping Relationship between the JDBC SPI and the Connector architecture For additional details see www filemaker com support technologies Also see the SequeLink Developer s Reference available at www datadirect com for information about JDBC compatibility and developing JDBC applications for SequeLink The JDBC client driver has been tested against the Java Development Kit JDK 1 4 and 1 5 It is a Type 4 driver a native protocol pure Java driver that converts JDBC calls directly into the network protocol used by FileMaker This type of driver offers all the advantages of Java including automatic installation for example downloading the JDBC driver with an applet that uses it The driver works with JDK 1 3 and Java 2 as long as you only use JDBC 1 2 calls in a Java 2 environment The driver class and main entry point for the driver is named com ddtek jdbc sequelink SequeLinkDriver Important The JDBC client driver replaces the FileMaker JDBC driver released with a previous version of FileMaker If you have previously set up access to a FileMaker data source using the older driver you ll need to re define access by using and configuring the new driver Using a JDBC URL to connect to your database In Java most resources are accessed through URLs Uniform Resource Locators A JDBC URL is used to identify the database so the JDBC client driver can recognize and establish a connection with the da

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