Re: Is Using Filemaker Pro A Joke Or A Timesaver ?

In article <35015CF6.D85@concentric.net> manny tuzman <artsy@concentric.net> writes: >Can anyone explain to me if I would be able to do any serious >database web programming using filemaker pro. >If you think not, can you tell me what the limitations are. >please see >http://www.toobaroo.com/databases.html >for info on it. >Your responce is much appreciated. Ummm.... Filemaker? FILEMaker? ... FILEMAKER?! ... did you wake me up? did you rub my lamp? (from "Aladdin") If you want to do a database on the web, then let's get serious. You need a client/server product to do the searching so the web engine don't have to. Now that is not necessarily a big deal anymore; many web-hosting services actually provide one for rent, and if it's your own computer c/s isn't hard to find nor is it expensive. (Web pages have very specialized needs.) Now, every software vendor's marketing department didn't take long to realize, "the next box has GOT to say 'web!'" But most of the products designed for desktop use, even Billy Boy's, simply aren't suitable.