I'm sharing about 5 clients off of a host. Host was originally FMPro 7 and now it is FMServer 8. The following same problem existed and still exists. It happens with some of the global fields. I will change the field to another value and the next day or so, the value will mysteriously return to its original value. This is happening on several fields (possibly all, but I am only having to change a few global fields). I have tried making everyone close out Filemaker and myself only making the change and everyone else re-logging back in, but the next day or so, it still happens.

Any ideas anyone?

Edited October 10, 200718 yr by Guest

The value in global fields are session specific. That is, they are particular to a user and exist only during their current session (from login to quit).

Globals set to a value when the file is opened single-user will become the "default" global settings for when the file is hosted.

Bottom line, in a multi-user environment, think of globals as temporary storage. Set them in an open script, if they are to be "system-wide" values, ie a company logo.

http://faq.filemakermagazine.com/index.php/Global_fields

Thanks both. I guess I'll know tomorrow morning. Sorry about the double post, I couldn't figure out how to change the forum and I had a hard time figuring out how to delete one of my posts. I must be just having a rough day. Thanks again.