[FX.php List] Is FMPSA 9 better than 8 for OBDC to mySQL?

[Andy Gaunt]

Jonathan,

Anders is correct in that for Mac Servers you will need the Actual  
Technologies ODBC Connector - http://www.actualtechnologies.com/

Windows servers you can use the free ODBC connector.

Cheers

Andy Gaunt
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On Nov 12, 2008, at 9:41 AM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:

> Purchase ODBC connector?
>
> J
>
>
> At 8:31 AM -0600 11/12/08, Anders Monsen wrote:
>> We use ESS to sync up a FileMaker db with Joomla, and it works  
>> quite well. For Mac users you will need to purchase an ODBC  
>> connector, while on Windows you just need to configure a built in  
>> connector.
>>
>> Just remember to not change the MySQL database name if you move  
>> your database from one server to another server (ie. from test to  
>> production).
>>
>> Anders
>>
>> On Nov 11, 2008, at 7:13 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
>>
>>> Looks like I need to sync up a user table in FMP 9 file with a  
>>> Joomla CMS system (It uses mySQL).
>>>
>>> Am using FMPSA 8 and it looks like there is support for mySQL via  
>>> ODBC, but support in FMPSA 9 appears to new and improved.
>>>
>>> Comments?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Jonathan
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