Tom, If you mean "importing the data CONTENTS of a FileMaker file into Ebase", it sure is doable. If you're using FM V5, and have a Excel spreadsheet which has column names in the first row which match the names of the appropriate Ebase import fields, you can specify that FileMaker automatically match fields by name upon import. It works pretty nicely! I think someone else mentioned using CSV files as a transport vehicle. This works reliably, but as I understand it you won't have the "automatic field name matching" capacities that you have when you import from an Excel file using FM V5. So you're stuck with the task of matching input fields to Ebase import fields by hand, and this can get tedious if you're handling a lot of fields, or making imports frequently with differing import fields. We've automated a lot of the contact information flow in one of the organizations I work with to take advantage of this feature. We use a script to export data to Lotus 1-2-3 format; copy this data into an Excel spreadsheet template with appropriate column names; and send the Excel spreadsheet to local representatives who modifiy the spreadsheeet and return to the database operators. Importing the data is a breeze. If you DIDN'T mean "import of At 12:01 AM 6/2/01 -0500, you wrote: >Subject: Additional Tables 3 >From: Tom Childers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 17:43:03 -0400 >X-Message-Number: 14 > >Hi All, > >We're using ebase 1.00 with Win98 and Filemaker 4.1. We want to create >some additional relational tables integrated with ebase. > >My database consultant (who is very knowledgeable about databases but >new to Filemaker) can't seem to figure out how to import tables into >ebase or Filemaker. > >---> See his email below. <--- > >Does Filemaker allow for Filemaker tables to be imported? Is there some >trick to this? Must the tables be exported in some format before they >can be imported into another Filemaker application on a different PC? > >Thanks! > >Tom >Joy of Sports Foundation >www.joyofsports.org > > ************************************************************** Larry F. Bednar Consulting in Statistics, Quality, Data Managment Portland, OR 503.493.8542 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************** ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
