evolve Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Hiya I'm newbie to filemaker pro and have a pondering question. I know that you can import a sql database, which i have done. But can you run filemaker pro online? My query is because we have clients that will be running from a main base (online) and then have field agents that will be out and about and fill info and then export it to the main database. Is this possible? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Cheers Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Head Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Do you want the agents to have an offline copy of the database? or do you want them to access the database through a web connection? Will they be simply adding records or updating existing records? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evolve Posted October 30, 2007 Author Share Posted October 30, 2007 All of the above. The field agents will need to be able to work offline and online. And add and edit entries. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Head Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 In that case, you will have synchronisation issues. Consider this - agent A takes an offline copy of the data, adds new records and also edits existing records. Agent B is working online and edits the same records as agent A. When agent A returns her data to the online database, which edit do you want to keep? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evolve Posted November 14, 2007 Author Share Posted November 14, 2007 Thanks for the input. If we ignore offline aspect. Can we create this online? Cheers Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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