Appendix C
ODBC and JDBC error messages
Here are the basic formats of error messages you receive when working with FileMaker and ODBC/JDBC.
For a listing of error numbers and explanations, see www.datadirect.com.
For more information about working with errors in FileMaker, see the Get(LastError) or Get(LastODBCError)
functions described in FileMaker
Pro Help.
ODBC error messages
Error messages can come from:
1 ODBC driver errors
1 ODBC Driver Manager errors
1 SequeLink Client errors
1 SequeLink Server errors
1 the data source or database management system
ODBC driver error messages
An error reported by the SequeLink ODBC driver has the following format:
[DataDirect] [ODBC SequeLink driver] message
For example:
[DataDirect] [ODBC SequeLink driver] Invalid precision specified
If you get this type of error, check the last ODBC call your application made for possible problems or
contact your ODBC application vendor.
ODBC Driver Manager error messages
An error reported by the ODBC Driver Manager has the following format:
[Microsoft] [ODBC Driver Manager] message
For example:
[Microsoft] [ODBC Driver Manager] Function sequence error
If you get this type of error, check to see that you have the proper ODBC support files and drivers.
SequeLink Client error messages
An error reported by the SequeLink ODBC Client has the following format:
[DataDirect] [ODBC SequeLink driver] [SequeLink Client] message
For example:
[DataDirect] [ODBC SequeLink driver] [SequeLink Client] The specified transliteration module is not found
