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2 Oct 2009, 8:41 PM
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Work with filemaker?

I do not use MySQL as my database

I use Filemaker which is a pretty cool database software...very user friendly

Will I be able to use zen cart at all? Or are thre any issues with that?

2 Oct 2009, 8:51 PM
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Re: Work with filemaker?

FileMaker and MySQL are very very very different. Not the least of which is that FileMaker typically runs on your computer, not on a webserver. Zen Cart is a website application which runs on webservers, which are typically equipped with MySQL, and thus uses MySQL for all its data management. Most database-driven website applications will not work from a FileMaker database, and NONE of them will work with the database on your home computer directly.

Using FileMaker to store AND access your database data is a completely different concept than using a web-based application to access data stored on a webserver database.