In a few recent posts people seem to be saying FM9 will treat SQL tables
"just like" FM tables creating a situation where FM could be a true front
end for SQL dbs. Looking at the FM Inc website all I can find re SQL is the
ODBC information. That is, as in previous versions one connects FM to SQL
via ODBC. This has been the case for years.

What am I missing?

Greg Shifrin

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Gregory Shifrin
Peak Trading Corp
43 Basin Road #1
West Hurley NY 12491
(845) 338-1325
www.peaktrading.com

Take a look at http://www.filemaker.com/products/fmp/sql.html and let us
know if you still have questions.

GregS wrote:
> In a few recent posts people seem to be saying FM9 will treat SQL tables
> "just like" FM tables creating a situation where FM could be a true front
> end for SQL dbs. Looking at the FM Inc website all I can find re SQL is the
> ODBC information. That is, as in previous versions one connects FM to SQL
> via ODBC. This has been the case for years.


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Howard Schlossberg
FM Professional Solutions, Inc. Los Angeles

FileMaker 8 Certified Developer
Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance

You still connect via ODBC. What's new is that you don't need complicated
Import/Export/Execute SQL scripts to work with the data. The External SQL
tables can appear side-by-side with your FileMaker tables. Plus you can
augment the SQL tables with unstored calculations and summary fields, as
well as auto-enter and data entry validation. This is worlds different and
much easier / more powerful than previous versions of FileMaker.

"GregS" <news [at] notpeaktradingcom.invalid> wrote in message
news:4697d50e$0$3165$4c368faf [at] roadrunner.com...
> In a few recent posts people seem to be saying FM9 will treat SQL tables
> "just like" FM tables creating a situation where FM could be a true front
> end for SQL dbs. Looking at the FM Inc website all I can find re SQL is
> the ODBC information. That is, as in previous versions one connects FM to
> SQL via ODBC. This has been the case for years.