I downloaded the ODBC Administrator for Mac but when I click to add a connection, it has a blank drivers box. Like you said, Bob, you need to load the SQL drivers. Where can I download these drivers from? I originally started down this path with not a ton of luck.
Thank you, SKIP On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 7:12 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Same as on Windows, but the difference is that Microsoft has built in > drivers for SQL Server, mySQL and some other things. The Mac does not. You > have to download the ODBC Administrator (need the 64 bit version you know) > and the drivers. > > This is why I created my Socket based Client Server apps. I will have the > server reside on a Windows computer where ODBC connections are easy and > built in. Then I will have my Mac or Windows LC apps send queries via the > socket apps. > > Since they encrypt both ways, it’s secure as well, and I do not have to > enable SSL on my mySQL server and futz with SSL certs. > > Bob S > > > > On Apr 11, 2020, at 3:46 PM, Skip Kimpel via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > Thank you Matthias, > > > > So how would you connect to a remote SQL database on a Mac? > > > > SKIP > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
