Re: Simple relational database program to replace Access

matt neuburg <matt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Sally Thompson <sallynewsgroup@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > <...> Being new to a Mac, I don't really know
> > which software is good. Could anyone suggest some others I might look at?
> > Preferably with a free trial so that I could check that it's what I want.

<http://www.filemakertrial.com>

> > The sorts of things I currently use Access for include a (very large) book
> > catalogue, tables of family history searches which inter-relate, addresses
> > which I can run queries on to sort into different reports for mailing labels
> > and address books and so on.
>
> If you're willing to learn SQL and do a little thinking, you can use
> MySQL or PostgreSQL

But don't complain about 'Mac' if you don't like *SQL; imho it is more
for people that would choose linux as an alternative to PC (assuming
that you came from PC and be new to mac that way).
If you are in the educational department, it seems FM has offers for
about half the business price.FileMaker can be found 'second hand' (new
in box, over stock, etc.) version 5.5 in some places for a reasonable
price. 5.5 runs under mac os X.
FM is about what databases on a mac should look like. IMHO, of course.

ard
.

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