ODBC Mac

[Thorsten Hohage]

Hi Beatrix,

On 2008-01-28, at 17:47, Beatrix Willius wrote:

> Hi Thorsten,The amount of data actually can be pretty huge and the  
> export can be used often. The Web Companion might have been an idea,
>>
>> If pretty hugh is >>1000 and often is more then once a day - simply  
>> forget it, otherwise set up a sample.
>
> What do you mean with a sample - perhaps example?

sample = Probe(-system)
example = Beispiel

> And yes, it can be more than 1000 records. The AppleScript works  
> pretty well, but it's rather slow and it depends on the field order  
> in one layout.

I'm not sure if a web-companion will be reliable enough if you start  
to "fire" requests from an app, because the speed is completely  
different to a user sitting in front of his monitor. I was forced to  
made a similar experience (NO not FileMaker) where an EAI on this  
strategy failed due to speed / amount of data generated by the app.


>>> if it would work for Filemaker 8.5 on Leopard. But thanks for the  
>>> idea, I will check it.
>>
>> THIS would clearly never run and even if you were able to get it on  
>> a test system up IMHO it's not reliable enough to give it to a  
>> customer. FM states very clear, that only FMP 9.5 will run on  
>> Leopard and all my long term experience with FMP (over 13 years)  
>> have teached me one thing, even on recommended system you'll get a  
>> bunch of issues.
>
> I know, but it's a legacy system and the customers actually like the  
> Filemaker solution because they are familiar with Filemaker and they  
> can extend the solution themselves.


I know it too ;-) - I've had still several customers out there working  
with legacy FMP apps on mac and I all told them to upgrade, migrate or  
to buy enough old macs - at least one customer decide to buy macs.

So if he wants to use FMP on leopard, than an updgrade is a must!

regards

Thorsten Hohage
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objectmanufactur.com - Hamburg,Germany