Chrisitian - You are not limited to using a Mac to connect to a Filemaker database. Filemaker 5 and above includes an ODBC driver for Windows which you could use to connect to the database. There are open source drivers available for Linux as well, check Sourceforge and Freshmeat for your particular needs.
While Filemaker is a useful product, I am not convinced it is production grade mostly because of it's lack of support for transactions and the fact even the Server editions place limitations on the number of concurrent users. Fixing a corrupted Filemaker db is a challenge I would not wish upon my worst enemy. An alternative you may wish to consider is MySQL. It is free, works on Mac / Windows / Linux, and is far more scalable. Migrating from FM to MySQL is not difficult and an article about the process is available here: http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/filemaker_mysql_whitepaper/filemaker_to_mysql_whitepaper01.htm. M --- Christian Kavanagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear list, > > <cfignorance> > > If I write a database on Filemaker Pro for my Mac, > and then upload it > to my FTP server: does the server have to also be a > Mac, or will CF > work with it anyway? > > </cfignorance> > > Thanks! > CK. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:184165 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
