Dear David ,
I used Filemaker since 10 years with 100% for satisfaction & stability .
When you buy a new version and when you install this new one , they ask you :
Do you want to convert your old version ? and the system run very well ( Congratulations for the ingeniors )
All my web sites ( 4 actually ) are under Filemaker Pro 9 & I will not change .
I think you do something wrong with your new entries .
Best regards
PHILIPPE
SHELLS PASSION and so on



> Message du 06/06/12 18:23
> De : "David Kirsh"
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> Objet : [CONCH-L] database woes
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> Dear shell cataloguers,
>
> I've used Filemaker without a hitch for a while...until a few months ago when my most recent entries disappeared, not to be recovered. I've got Filemaker Pro 6 v.4.
>
> I have recommended Filemaker in the past, but I can no longer do so. They won't provide support for version 9 after September, let alone the older versions.
>
> It looks like the only recourse is to go to their online forum and hope that someone has knowledge about such glitches and how to deal with them.
>
> Of course, I'm free to buy a newer version of Filemaker and get support. But is that good if the database has problems in a mere 5 or 6 years? That's not much time in the life of a permanent record.
>
> My back-up is a handwritten record which I update in batches, not always with each entry.
>
> David Kirsh
> Durham, NC
>
> Slavery is the legal fiction that a
> Person is Property. Corporate
> Personhood is the legal fiction that
> Property is a Person.
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