Re: [ARSCLIST] Database template - Artist Instrumentation Project

["Steven C. Barr" <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "David Seubert" <seubert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Not to start the database wars, but I feel I should correct some
> misinformation in Steve's post. FileMaker can import and export just
> about any data format including csv, xml, dbf, xls and can talk to SQL
> databases through ODBC. That being said, any relational database
> solution (including ones built in FileMaker, Access, dBase etc.) cannot
> be easily migrated to another database platform though you can always
> export the tables and build a new database. FileMaker is not a niche
> product for the Mac market and is currently the only cross-platform
> workgroup database.
Well, FileMaker is the only major database app I've never been able to
acquire, so I wasn't sure what it could import/export. I just know that
nothing I have...Paradox, Approach, FoxPro, dBASE, MS Access and a
couple of one-offs...can import or export FileMaker. I'm aware that
it is an important app in the Mac world (doesn't, or didn't, Macintosh
own the company?). I thought Access was also Mac-capable (though it may
no longer be currently?). And can you use ODBC in a non-Microsoft
setting?
Steven C. Barr