Just a quick question guys, how reliable does filemaker become as the physical size of the database is increased.

The reason i ask is this: Im making a database involving the storage of pictures for deployment on server, but while i would like to store references the d*** head network guys tell me i can't map network drives off two of the person(s) computers (and so im assuming the referenced files cant be accessed).

Over time this database will become increasingly large, and the pictures will take up a lot of room.

So yeah i ended up with 3 questions:

a) am i missing something in terms of how the reference files are accessed by the client machine?

any alternatives?

c) how reliable?

Sorry bout the ah, noob question

Cheers guys

aflgenx - welcome to the forums.

My suggestion would be to move/copy the pictures to a shared location on the network server. That way they would always be available to the database users and the network guys will be happier.

Size of the database is not an issue - how you design the database to handle the data will be your biggest challenge.

HTH, Mike