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Asked: 2026-05-29T08:58:46+00:00

I am having trouble gaining access to FileMaker Pro 11 data through the ODBC

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I am having trouble gaining access to FileMaker Pro 11 data through the ODBC connection and starting to believe that it is not possible.

I have installed the odbc drivers supplied with the installation (11.03.76.00) locally to the FileMaker database, having worked out that they will not work remotely to the server. Have setup and successfully tested a system DSN.

When I try to use that System DSN within SQL Server or SSIS (same underlying process), I am gaining access to the list of tables and can preview the data, however when each process tries to get the metadata regarding the tables it fails.

SQL lets me select the tables / columns, preview the data, match it to destination and change the data types, but then fails on the next step of checking the conversion

FileMaker failing in SQL Server

SSIS provides list of tables / columns, data preview, but fails to list the columns (im guessing because it cannot work out the types)
FileMaker failing in SSIS

FileMaker tech support does not cover the ODBC driver which has led me to believe it does not work…

Has anyone successfully attached to FileMaker Pro though the version 11 of the driver with SSIS or SQL? I need to automate a daily extract – any other ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    As billinkc points (above comment – sorry cannot convert comment into an answer), you can use the Script component as a Source and program around the ODBC driver issues.

    The FileMaker Pro 11 odbc driver is data type aware, but they are not plumbed in correctly. The work around requires converting each column to string and then TryParse’ing to the correct data type.

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