Re: [SAGE] web form handling software

[Brian Connolly <brianc@cray.com>]

If you are looking at FileMaker, you should probably also look at Microsoft 
Access.  I know, I know, I know.... it is a MS product, but Access and 
FileMaker are direct competitors and atleast for right now, Access has a 
much larger install base (which may or may not mean that it is a superior 
tool).

-Brian

PS There is a mailing list/newsgroup somewhere dedicated to making Access 
forms (and the underlying database) accessible via http.
PSS I am not advocating Access, but if you are going to investigate 
FileMaker, you should also take a peek at Access, for throughness


--On Wednesday, January 12, 2005 4:05 PM -0600 Frank Smith 
<fsmith@hoovers.com> wrote:

> --On Wednesday, January 12, 2005 12:26:34 -0800 Philip Brown
> <phil@bolthole.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 03:06:37PM -0500, Todd Olson wrote:
>>> At 11:12 -0800 2005-01-12, Philip Brown wrote:
>>> > Would anyone have a recommendation for free, or at minimum cheap
>>> > (to universities) software, for handling web forms?
>>> > What I think we need, is something that makes the following easy(er):
>>> >
>>> > 1. creation and adjustment of web based forms, by non-techies
>>> > 2. handles collection of actual data by people clicking "submit" on
>>> > the form
>>>
>>> Perhaps FileMaker Pro (now in version 7) will do the job.
>>> http://www.filemaker.com/
>>> It is not free
>>> but the time savings in creating the sort of things you seem to be after
>>> would be substantial.
>>
>> Hey, that looks kinda slick. Any other competitors in this space that you
>> know of?
>
> If you decide on FileMaker, please don't use a version prior to 7, it had
> a very weak security model:
>
> Client: I need to log in.
> Sever: Here are all of the usernames and passwords.  Is it one of these?
> Client: Yes.
> Server: OK, you can have access.
>
> Supposedly that's all been fixed in v7.
>
> Frank
>
>