I'm going to buy a database tool in order to make a database of my
clients. The database should contain about 50 informations about 7000
clients and should be used in a network of 10 computers.

Is there any reason for me to buy filemaker pro or could I just as
well make it in microsoft access that I have already got on my
computer?

Does anyone know if filmaker pro is better that ms-access or vice versa?

Hi, Susanne

Please don't waste your money on Filemaker Pro. Unless something's changed,
which I seriously doubt, Filemaker Pro is not a relational database and
nowhere near as flexible as Access. If you already have Access, it should
do the job quite well. If you don't understand how relational databases
work, look at the sample database provided with Access: northwind.mdb. It
illustrates everything you can do with Access very well.

If you have any questions, feel free to email me at lucdix
NOSPAM (AT) NOSPAM-jam (DOT) rr.com. I've used both dbs, Filemaker Pro only under
protest because someone in the office I was working in at the time insisted
that was the only way she could do things. It was a total waste of time.

Lucian

Susanne,
I have also used both FileMaker and Access databases. As far as working with
the relatively small number of users I think that both databases would work
for this situation. In fact you can download a free 30 day demo of FileMaker
6 from www.filemaker.com in order to test it out. However I do suggest that
FileMaker is still significantly easier to setup, develop and use for a
person who is new to database development. FileMaker is a relational
database, but depending upon how complex you want your database to be, you
may or may not utilize this functionality.

If you need to scale up your Access database in the future, you can use
Microsoft tools to migrate to SQL Server rather easily.

There is also a migration tool named FmPro Migrator (www.fmpromigrator.com)
which can migrate your FileMaker database to MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server,
Sybase, Access and DB2. So either decision you make will not result in you
being locked into a particular database in case you want to make a change in
the future.

--
David Simpson
www.dotcomsolutionsinc.net
"susanne" <sbdyt (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Access comes with a sample Contacts database that may meet all of your
needs already. if not, it's pretty easy to hack. if you already have
Access, this would probably be easier than getting and learning FM.

tom

"David Simpson" <dsimpson (AT) dotcomsolutionsinc (DOT) net> wrote