The country Im working in has very few if anyone who has used Filemaker. By default its either Access or SQL, Dbase etc.

Can anyone tell me of a good online references to enable someone to understand the basic differences between FM and Access, so start developing more easily and quicker for me.

there is one here:

http://www.rcconsulting.com/PDF/fm_access_comparison.pdf

Google "access vs filemaker" for others

greg

After trying different search phrases, and finding this document before. I just wish it was of a more recent comparison, much has changed since filemaker 5.5 and now version 10 and access 2002 now 2007. The research into this topic yielded only some very basic differences, nothing much for teaching material.

There have been several Threads about moving data from Access to FileMaker. Do a search for some of these Keywords, and you should find a lot of what has been discessed in the past.

Start with this recent thread Link

HTH

Lee

I would head on over to Lynda.com where they have an excellent set of training videos which you can view on demand. There are introductions to the basics right through to the more advanced functions of filemaker.