On 23/02/2006, at 9:10 AM, John Weekes wrote:
Hi All
We are currently using FileMaker Pro on our Office eMac..
There has been discussion on it's suitability for a PC.
To further the argument (discussion), does anyone know the
comparative number of Records that can be stored on FileMakerPro,
MS Access & AppleWorks databases ?
Based on say 6 fields, consisting of name, address, phone & email
address etc, per Record.
You don't say what version of FileMaker, but there is a huge
difference between Filemaker 7/8 and all previous versions. Rather
than the number of records, the key thing is file size. In Filemaker
6 (and back as far as 3, I think), the maximum size a Filemaker file
can be is 2 Gb, so the maximum number of records is whatever will fit
within that space. With Filemaker 7, the maximum file size jumped to
the order of terabytes (the number 8 is in my mind, but I'm not sure
as I write this. It's very big, anyway) so the number of records
becomes pretty much moot. You'll run out of hard drive space long
before you fill the file with records.
In any case, regardless of the Filemaker version, with the structure
of the file you describe (6 text fields) I seriously doubt you could
fill a Filemaker file with records in a lifetime given normal use.
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Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services
FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, Western Australia
Phone (618) 9332 6482 Fax (618) 9332 0913
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