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Filemaker VS SQL
Hi Experts!!
Just need some advice for a company that is growing globally that needs a database system.
So we currently have filemaker and were growing bigger with bigger needs. Right now i see filemaker as a great "RAD" and cost effective in comparison to other common platforms.
However I think for scalability and accessibility we probably have to move to SQL?
What are your thoughts on FM vs SQL for a company thats expanding globally and turning out to have more processors (more like ERP).
Cheers
Jedi
Just need some advice for a company that is growing globally that needs a database system.
So we currently have filemaker and were growing bigger with bigger needs. Right now i see filemaker as a great "RAD" and cost effective in comparison to other common platforms.
However I think for scalability and accessibility we probably have to move to SQL?
What are your thoughts on FM vs SQL for a company thats expanding globally and turning out to have more processors (more like ERP).
Cheers
Jedi
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Hi guys sorry for the late response got caught up at work......
I realized I have a made a mistake in my question after reading your comments.
My actual question should have been Filemaker vs. SQL with frontend app C#.Net
Thank you for all your responses
Kharil - Our Filemaker is very old it first created about 9-10 years, so fresh new system is currently on the priority list
North2Alaska - Very interesting response, thanks for the insight! we actually don't have
competent FM users instead just have users. The new IT recruit are all SQL familiar.
dportas - I am considering to switch to SQL with front end app to be C#.
So let me ask a question with a question then...
Filemaker vs. SQL with C#.Net ?
I realized I have a made a mistake in my question after reading your comments.
My actual question should have been Filemaker vs. SQL with frontend app C#.Net
Thank you for all your responses
Kharil - Our Filemaker is very old it first created about 9-10 years, so fresh new system is currently on the priority list
North2Alaska - Very interesting response, thanks for the insight! we actually don't have
competent FM users instead just have users. The new IT recruit are all SQL familiar.
dportas - I am considering to switch to SQL with front end app to be C#.
So let me ask a question with a question then...
Filemaker vs. SQL with C#.Net ?
My personal bias is to avoid anything Microsoft as much as possible. So, I would go with Apache, MySQL and PHP. This is a great design environment.
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MS MSQL is the way you should go. MS SQL is enterprise level database, it have a lot more features and reliability compared to FileMaker. MS SQL offer a lot tools to manage your data, do business intelligent and reporting and also analyzing your data. More over, MS SQL capable of handling very BIG data and process it in shorter time. Of course you have to go detail to know what it is, http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/product-info/whats-new.aspx
However, you do not have to waste your investment on FileMaker, FileMaker still can be use as RAD tools to generate reports. Here is a bit on using FileMaker with external database such MS SQL or MySQL, http://www.filemaker.com/support/technologies/sql.html