Jack Killpatrick wrote:
> > >Sounds OK. I have not used the Filemaker/Homepage combination, though.
> > >Actually, I don't know why you'd need Homepage, unless Filemaker
> > uses part
> > >of it for generating the necessary templates.
> > One thing to consider, and
> > >this is just a guess...it sounds like Filemaker requires some
> > kind of server
> > >addon of its own to read the templates it produces, so it can shimmy data
> > >back and forth from the db. You may be locking yourself into some
> > >proprietary solution...Mac only, dependant on Claris and the
> > progress they
> > >make on their product. Check it out. Let me know. I'm curious.
> >
> > Both Filemaker and Homepage are cross-platform.
>
> Actually, I knew that, just forgot. Won't work on Unix, but what the hey.
>
> > Since ColdFusion
> > isn't,
Cold Fusion is an APPLICATION SERVER. It costs a grand. It runs on
Win95, NT, and Solaris. There are lots of IPPs that provide CF -- see
http://www.budgetweb.com/
CF App. Server will be out for HP-UX this fall.
Cold Fusion Studio is "homesite on steriods" -- However, you can create
your .cfm pages in any editor that lets you write code.
CF App. Server serves up files from databases using SQL calls -- so the
database behind the application must respond to SQL.
Does anyone know if Filemaker does? If the answer is yes, then I would
guess that you could use it for the DB source for a CF App.
The web server sees the .cfm extension & then sends the file to the CFAS
to process -- the CFAS then queries the database -- and serves the file
back to the web server -- which passes it on to the requesting client.
Kathy
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"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." -- Ghandi
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