Database Experience

[Robert Brenstein]

>--- Richard Harrison <harrison at all-auctions.com>
>wrote:
>>  I see a lot of people talking about MySQL, what
>>  about FileMaker Pro?
>>  Especially the new version 7?
>>
>>  Are there reasons that people aren't using FileMaker
>>  Pro?  Isn't it
>>  quick enough or does it not interface well with
>>  Revolution?  Isn't it
>>  multi-user?
>>
>>  Thanks in advance!
>>
>>  Rick Harrison
>>
>
>Hi Rick,
>
>Just speaking for myself, I'd say it's because
>FileMaker can only be reached via ODBC or in a
>roundabout fashion via its WebCompanion and
>http-calls, thus requiring complex setup.
>Moreover, before FileMaker 7 its database
>underpinnings were no match for the likes of MySQL,
>PostgreSQL, Oracle,...
>
>Jan Schenkel.
>

Let me add that on Macs, one can easily and efficiently 
communicate/control FMP using AppleEvents. However, the beauty and 
power of FMP is not in its engine but in its GUI, so it does not make 
much sense to build secondary GUIs in Rev.  I suspect that this will 
hold even with the new engine of FMP7.

RObert Brenstein