OT: Filemaker 8

[Tyler]

On 2/6/06, Kenneth Brody <kenbrody at bestweb.net> wrote:
>
> (Improper quoting corrected.)
>
> > > > 4. ODBC with read and write capabilities,
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > This is not the first time I've heard someone say this.  Given that
> > > the ODBC functionality in filePro has always been read/write, what
> > > is it that has given you the impression that it's read-only?
> >
> > What gave ME that impression was calling up fpTech's sales people last
> > year and asking.  I was told that no, you cannot use an ODBC connection
> > to write to filePro records.  What's the point of having it if you can't
> > use it to write to your data?  I mean, the fpCGI can, why not the ODBC?
>
> Either they misunderstood the question, or you misunderstood the answer.
>
> fileProODBC is, and always has been, read/write.  However, it is client
> side only, and not an ODBC server.  In other words, filePro can connect
> to ODBC servers, but ODBC clients cannot connect to filePro.
>
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Hm.  Your interpretation of ODBC is a little skewed in this instance, I
think.  When people talk about ODBC and a database, it's usually as the
database acting as a server.  And filePro is *primarily* a database, with a
customizable app development available.  I'm not aware of any cases except
fP and text files where an ODBC connector is available and you can't
read/write to the source.  If it can communicate one way, why not two?  In
the case of text, it's because there's no easy way to limit file access to
one process at a time.  But filePro has that, sort of, nyet?

What it looks like from a developer's view is total lock-in to fP-only
applications for writing to records.  Personally I think it is either a
nasty marketing tactic or lazy programming, but admittedly I know very
little about filePro under the hood or corporately.

Tyler
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