I’m going to assume that Filemaker Pro is already installed on your Mac. A properly connected DSN will provide a message stating that the settings were successful. Proceed through the prompts and click “Test” on the last screen if you wish to verify your settings. The SQL server is important and can be found at your database hosting provider it may look something like this: “” The name and description are arbitrary, so give a name or description as you see fit. Visit the User DSN tab and click “Add…” (You may need to click the lock to allow changes) then select the driver that you just installed. If they were not, attempt reinstalling them. You’ll know they were installed correctly if they show up in the drivers tab. Open the ODBC Administrator, which should have been installed in your Applications > Utilities folder, and check that the driver was installed correctly.
Download and install ODBC Manager and ODBC Administrator.
#ACTUAL TECHNOLOGIES ODBC MANAGER MAC OS X#
Download the package and run the installer.ĭownload and Install ODBC Manager and Administratorīeginning in Mac OS X 10.6, ODBC Manager and ODBC Administrator was not included with the initial operating system install and needs to be downloaded and installed separately. The package can be downloaded for free, but to process more than 3 records, you’ll need to purchase the license from Actual Technologies. MSSQL is a Microsoft language and there are a few makers of SQL drivers. The SQL drivers are third party drivers that allow your computer to connect to the database of choice. Here’s some steps for getting this all set up: MSSQL Driver – Actual SQL Server ($34.95), for example.In order to set up Filemaker Pro on Mac OS X (10.6, 10.7 or 10.8) and connect to a MSSQL (Microsoft Server SQL) database, the following is needed: There are a number of ways to manage databases on the Mac OS, one of the most powerful being the use Filemaker Pro.
Managing database records is essential for most websites.
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