ODBC and FileMaker 9

First time poster...first time working with Oracle/ODBC...
I've been using FileMaker for the last 11 years and just moved up to FM 9 which now supports ESS (External SQL Source) relationships similar to Peer-to-Peer within FM. Our data provider is using 10g and I need to download ODBC drivers to make this work (They've created the 'views' and DSN). I will be installing drivers to work with XP on my laptop for development and with Win 2003 Server for the final applications.
I guess I thought it would be like downloading printer drivers with their own installers, etc. I think I've gone full circle with what I thought I needed, downloaded, found out it wasn't what I needed, and still looking.
My bottom line questions...what do I need, where do I get it, how do I install? It doesn't sound like a lot when I print it here, and I'm hoping I've made it harder than it needs to be. Thanks, Bob

I'm a first-time poster too. :-) Hope someone will reply to this post.
Like Bob, I'm going to be using FileMaker 9 and ODBC to interface with Oracle 10g. Just wanted to confirm a couple things:
1) That FileMaker will work fine accessing an Oracle "View" as opposed to "Table".
2) My FileMaker client will be running on Windows Server 2003. Can anyone point me at the exact current ODBC driver?
Steve B.

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