Ian Witham wrote: > Hello, > > I'm hoping someone here can put me on the right track with some broad > concepts here. > > What I am hoping to achieve is a simple HTML page to be served over > our company LAN, into which the users (Real Estate Agents) can enter a > property address or reference number. > > My next thought was to have a Python CGI script query our filemaker > database of property listings, construct a PDF from the relevant > information, and finally return this PDF to the user. > > At no stage do I want the user to have unfettered access to the > database or the ability to alter/delete records. > > My question is: what is the most appropriate way for my script to > interact with Filemaker? Can this be done with Filemaker Pro 6? > > According to the Filemaker Help, the "Local Data Access Companion" > shares the FileMaker Pro database with ODBC-compliant applications on > the same computer. Is this the right option? > > Can my CGI script be an ODBC client? How? Would it need to be > Filemaker specific code or does ODBC have a standardised format? > > I'm grateful for any advice and a nudge in the right direction. > > Ian.
I don't know if this helps, but there is a PyFileMaker module for Python for interacting with FileMaker: http://www.sourcefiles.org/Programming/Development/Modules/Python/PyFileMaker-1.2a4.zip That seems to be the only still working link to the module I can find, so I'm guessing it's not in active development. -Jay -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
