This is a general question about how filemaker works: Sometimes our database opens a file normally (I can tell because at the top of the database it says the filename, "Customers (djbserver.local)" Other times the filename may have a number after it, "Customers-2 (djbserver.local)." Why does this do this and do I have to be concerned about our staff adding data to the wrong database??

Using FM 9 server and FM 9 desktops.

Thank you in advance!

It looks to me that your OS has added the number as a result of a file being copied into the same location as the original. If that's the case I would be concerned about data entry going into the wrong file.

RW

That would be because at some point you've opened a new window for the same file. What you're seeing is how FM renames the windows if you don't do it yourself.