Re: [MacPerl] Database Connectivity

[Nathaniel Irons <irons@espresso.hampshire.edu>]

On 5/4/99 at 11:14 AM, maccgi@bellsouth.net (Richard Gordon) wrote:

> I haven't kept up with it lately, but understand that FMP's support
> for live SQL via ODBC is being upgraded considerably and think that
> there is some beta stuff at www.filemaker.com that you might want to
> look at.

FileMaker's ODBC client support, that is, FileMaker acting as an ODBC client
to another datasource, is not beta and was the major feature in 4.1.  I've
never used it.

FileMaker's ODBC server support is the "technology preview" they released last
week.  I got excited, until I noticed it was limited to a single machine - the
"ODBC companion" still doesn't let FileMaker serve via ODBC over a network. 
That killed the appeal for me.

It's really not my intention to become the designated realbasic booster on the
macperl lists, but it's worth looking into here.  It supports ODBC (as well as
offering a number of native drivers, including oracle, postgresql, and
microsoft's SQL server), and its interface controls are more than equal to
creating either data-entry or reporting applications.  Marvel at the ListBox.

There's some discussion on the lists about the degree to which ODBC is
currently broken, but fixes are coming at a rapid pace.

http://www.realbasic.com

> Constructive criticism please.

Your signature is too long.

  -nat



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