On Sep 24, 2004, at 10:59 AM, Mikael Bystr�m wrote:
Erik Ness said:
I use FM a lot, and keep an ear to the ground in the developer community, and this is a very nice piece of software.
You mean you now at leisure can have multiple (more than 3) related databases on one layout without jumping trough rings while singin the marseljes like in a normal database application? You mean data is now separated from structure? You are saying that there is now a proper programming language in place that can work on the low level? You are claiming that FM7 now have proper layout events, instead of buttons, in place so that user actions can start functions? That you finally have live ODBC connections?
Then you don't want FM. You want a real rdbms...I'd suggest Postgres over Mysql personally; far more feature rich and mature a product.
Postgres + PHP + Apache is a powerful combination.
Doing things like the above with FM is like people making corporate datasystems in Access, you end up with a gigantic creaking datatower o' Jenga waiting to crash down at any moment.
(trust me, I've now inherited supporting an application that's an old Access/VB app ported to SQLServer. You can tell that the people who wrote it didn't really have a clue about RDBMS design.
Strong DBA's have come away whimpering and temporarily blinded by looking at the code and structure...and I can't just rewrite it, as it's a commercial app we have to support)
Proper tool for the job. You wouldn't want to cross the Atlantic in a canoe, either.
For what it is, a simple, easy-to-use DB system for people who don't have gigantic needs, FM is excellent, probably the best solution out there Mac or Windows. It kicks a** all over Access, imo.
But don't try to press it into enterprise-level service; it's not made for that.
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