[GRASSLIST:5009] Re: Still having database trouble.

[Kurt Springs]

Filemaker has the ability to import through odbc, but not to export. 

Kurt

Nick Cahill wrote:

> Good luck with this. I did get the database link to work with an 
> older  version of 5.7. I think that I started by importing a vector 
> file (a  dxf or microstation dgn file), then created and connect to a 
> new dbf  database using v.digit. Then, once the database was created 
> within  GRASS and linked, I modified the dbf file in some dbf program 
> (in fact,  I think I imported it into Filemaker, modified it there, 
> and then  reexported it, replacing the original dbf file). This was 
> clearly not  the way one should have to do things. I've got to say, I 
> used to do  this sort of thing using ArcView, simply linking databases 
> to  geographic data, and it was completely easy and transparent there. 
> I  wish it were easier in GRASS.
>
> I  would still much prefer to connect directly with the filemaker  
> databases. Were you able to set up Filemaker as an odbc source?
>
> Good luck,
>
> Nick