Re: Simple relational database program to replace Access

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:39:51 +0000, ard wrote
(in article <1h9zsxw.1qbwnomqiofxkN%ardpuntjonkeratxs4allpuntnl@xxx>):

> 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>

Yes, I saw there was a filemaker trial, but was a bit daunted by the price.

>>> 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.

Yes I came from a PC background, but I'm certainly not complaining about the
Mac - it was my idea to change<g>. I'm not in the educational line, but will
probably look out for an older version of FM as you suggest.

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