This may sound like a silly question, but can someone please explain
what I need in order to be able to access my DB2 database, residing on
my XP pc from a MAC system using FIlemaker Pro 11 Advanced via say an
ODBC connection.

I'm getting horribly confused as to where the ODBC drivers must be
installed and how to configure such. I am assuming I need an ODBC
driver on each system. I have the IBM ODBC setup on the PC, but there
is no ODBC driver yet installed on the MAC for Filemaker to access and
it cannot see my PC as a result.

I cannot find an ODBC driver for the mac other than the iODBC Project.
Would this do the trick and how do I set it up ?

Any assistance would be very gratefully received.

Hi,

An ODBC driver has to be installed on the client machine. There is no ODBC
driver that is shipped with DB2 9.5 Express-C for MacOSX.
But you should be able to use the JDBC driver that comes with DB2 9.5
Express-C for MacOSX. ODBC is usually used on Windows systems only.

Good question. I've never used iODBC. You will have to check the
documentation, if it's possible to use it to connect to DB2.

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Helmut K. C. Tessarek
DB2 Performance and Development

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