Re: ODBC problems between webcat and filemaker pro

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texte = >I somehow got thrust into a situation where I need to have webcatalog>pull information out of a Filemaker Pro database. The Filemaker>database is running on a Mac, Webcatalog also on a Mac, but different>machines. This initially didn't seem like it would be a problem, since>Filemaker Pro is ODBC compatible. Well, as it turns out, I've only>found one ODBC driver for Filemaker that actually seems to work at all,>and Webcatalog doesn't seem to be able to communicate with that driver.>My question is, has anyone else out there successfully connected the>two? And if so, how?I use it every day. I'm dumping UPS tracking numbers into a FM database and then pulling that info out with WebCat. I also push data into FM to be pulled into UPS via ODBC.>The specific problem that I have is that when I use an SQL context in>Webcatalog that tries to run any sort of search (SELECT statement), my>filemaker pro driver returns this error message: [FileMaker][ODBC>FileMaker Pro driver]In SQLExtendedFetch, only SQL_FETCH_NEXT is>supported for SQL_SCROLL_FORWARD_ONLY cursors. I have not been able>to get Webcatalog to get the search to use a different fetch direction,>and it's seeming like it's just not possible due to how the SQL tag>works.[sql dsn=FilemakerDSN&password=abcd&statement=SELECT TrackNumbers.track, TrackNumbers.ref1, TrackNumbers.ref2, TrackNumbers.cost, TrackNumbers.track2, TrackNumbers.void, TrackNumbers.modDate, TrackNumbers.modTimeFROM `TrackNumbers.fm` TrackNumbersORDER BY TrackNumbers.modDate, TrackNumbers.modTime][founditems][track][/founditems][/sql]This sql works just fine.I'm using the ODBC manager from the Office 98 distribution and the FM odbc driver from the Filemaker 4/5 distribution.Show us your Sql statement and maybe we can find something in there.-- Sam LewisSamLewis.comTel: 626-852-0956 Fax: 916-404-5698-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

>I somehow got thrust into a situation where I need to have webcatalog>pull information out of a Filemaker Pro database. The Filemaker>database is running on a Mac, Webcatalog also on a Mac, but different>machines. This initially didn't seem like it would be a problem, since>Filemaker Pro is ODBC compatible. Well, as it turns out, I've only>found one ODBC driver for Filemaker that actually seems to work at all,>and Webcatalog doesn't seem to be able to communicate with that driver.>My question is, has anyone else out there successfully connected the>two? And if so, how?I use it every day. I'm dumping UPS tracking numbers into a FM database and then pulling that info out with WebCat. I also push data into FM to be pulled into UPS via ODBC.>The specific problem that I have is that when I use an SQL context in>Webcatalog that tries to run any sort of search (SELECT statement), my>filemaker pro driver returns this error message: [FileMaker][ODBC>FileMaker Pro driver]In SQLExtendedFetch, only SQL_FETCH_NEXT is>supported for SQL_SCROLL_FORWARD_ONLY cursors. I have not been able>to get Webcatalog to get the search to use a different fetch direction,>and it's seeming like it's just not possible due to how the SQL tag>works.[sql dsn=FilemakerDSN&password=abcd&statement=SELECT TrackNumbers.track, TrackNumbers.ref1, TrackNumbers.ref2, TrackNumbers.cost, TrackNumbers.track2, TrackNumbers.void, TrackNumbers.modDate, TrackNumbers.modTimeFROM `TrackNumbers.fm` TrackNumbersORDER BY TrackNumbers.modDate, TrackNumbers.modTime][founditems][track][/founditems][/sql]This sql works just fine.I'm using the ODBC manager from the Office 98 distribution and the FM ODBC driver from the Filemaker 4/5 distribution.Show us your Sql statement and maybe we can find something in there.-- Sam LewisSamLewis.comTel: 626-852-0956 Fax: 916-404-5698-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Sam Lewis

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