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Subject: Re: Difference favoring 4D or FileMaker?
From: J <webstuff@fluidic.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 08:08:28 GMT
On 2005-02-17 02:20:11 -0500, spam@husumtoften.invalid
(=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Per_R=F8nne?=) said:
> Phil Stripling <phil_stripling@cieux.zzn.com> wrote:
>
>> Are there differences which favor 4D or FileMaker as a database? I'm
>> inheriting a DB from a Windows user who set it up in Access. I'm told
it's
>> relational, but I have no clue whether Access really is relational.
>
> It isn't.
>
>> On the other hand, I've used MySQL databases from within PHP scripts.
Is
>> there a good graphical interface to MySQL for the Mac that would make
>> importing the DB and using it within MySQL bearable? Since I don't
know
>> either 4D or FM, that's an option.
>>
>> On the other other hand, is there a Mac DB that's as dumb as Access?
:->
>> I'd like not to spend big bucks on this.
>
> You can use both MySQl and {the much better} PostgreSQL on your Mac with
> MacOS X. I do, however, not have anye experience with proper forms with
> them. But you should remember that MacOS X is UNIX. Full Java and full
> PHP support.
>
> From a developer's point of view, FileMaker is the easiest database to
> handle. But if you have to use more advanced features, you'll have to
> turn to 4th Dimension.
>
> If what you want is a simple Contact database with four tables {an entry
> table with names and the like, a number table with telephone numbers and
> e-mail addresses etc, an address table with addresses and zip codes, and
> a post table with zip codes and zip districts - as I have mad for
> myself}, FileMaker Pro is fully sufficient, and 4th Dimension would be
> overkill.
>
> If, on the other hand, you want to create a kind of accounting system,
> you will have to turn to 4th Dimension. FileMaker doesn't support
> transactions, 4th Dimension does.
>
> From a user's point of view, it really doesn't matter. After all, it's
> the developer's job to make a good interface.
>
> Both 4th Dimension and FileMaker Pro are good database systems, though
> not free like the two former.
>
> Import-export? No problems. Just export the tables in tab-separated
> files, and remember to convert characters other than 7-bit ascii to
> MacRoman.
>
> BTW, Oracle has just released an Enterprise version for MacOS X.
>
>
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/htdocs/devlic.html?http://otn.
> oracle.com/software/products/database/oracle10g/htdocs/macsoft.html
Also note that Sybase has ASE on the mac. I use both Oracle and
Sybase, and both can handle anything. Not easy and not nice pretty
front end like MSAccess.
--
J
"If there is anything I can do for you or more to the point to you, let
me know."
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