fileProODBC (was Re: OT: Filemaker 8)

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Kenneth Brody wrote:
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  > Hey!  How come I can't use Opera or Firefox as an http server?
> 
> And how come I can't browse the web with Apache?
> 
> Inquiring minds want to know.  :-)
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> KenBrody at BestWeb dot net        spamtrap: <g8ymh8uf001 at sneakemail.com>

Easily answered, grasshopper.  Because a web browser, unlike a database 
backend, is a client.  And Apache, unlike an end user application, is a 
server.  Can filePro be said to be a database server?  Yup, I think most 
people would say so, given that most people use it for data storage and 
manipulation.  After all, there's even a limited SQL interface that can 
be tacked on to query it, which kinda says 'database' to me (although 
again it's a read only thing, alas).

Hm.  Walks like a duck.  Quacks like a duck.

So, not really unreasonable for a developer to expect ODBC from 
something that bills itself as a database server (plus a rapid 
applications development suite and reporting tool).  In fact, isn't that 
also a fair description of MS Access?  Except, of course, MS Access 
offers ODBC...

Not that I'd encourage anyone to use that mess for app development, ech.

Tyler