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| FileMaker Pro 8.5 Bible | 
 enlarge | Author: Dennis R. Cohen And Steven A. Schwartz
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 328506
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 984
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.1
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.5 x 2.1
ISBN: 0470082771
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.7565
EAN: 9780470082775
ASIN: 0470082771
Publication Date: October 2, 2006
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| Customer Reviews:
 not for 8.5 at all August 15, 2007
This book sucks for all users, every level!
Not only is this book extremely simple, like the previous reviews have said, but it is not updated for the 8.5 version. It is taken word-for-word directly from the FileMaker Pro 8.0 book, including the images of the screen layouts. Which makes it completely inaccurate for FileMaker 8.5.
For example; In Ch 4, Building Your First Database, this book walks you though starting with setting field options, which won't work with version 8.5. You have to build tables, and then build fields within them.
This book is a waste of money. Don't buy it unless you are running FileMaker 8.0, or older, you want a very simple database, and you have no experience or understanding of databases at all. Even then you should just buy the the 8.0 version; it will be cheaper (being the older version), and exactly the same.
No information on how to make complex table relationships March 30, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book makes no mention of Table Occurrences or Table Occurrence Groups, so if you plan to build or modify a database with many complex relationships, buy the Missing Manual book or the Filemaker Pro Business Applications book instead.
 Good book, lots of Material, but short on information about reports March 23, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Awesome book....so I gave it four stars. It's a great reference guide.
However, I was looking for some advanced information about reports...how to create fancy formatted reports, rather than the plain vanilla type with totals and subtotals. I don't see a book in publication that addresses reports to that level of detail.
But, the book is really well written and at 800 pages, probably contains 95% of everything you'd ever need.
Disappointing March 16, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I purchased this book in the expectation that it would expand on FMP's online help. However, I was disappointed in that it only covers the basics, doesn't add to what's available in FMP's online help. Index insufficient to quickly access information sought. Lacks sufficient examples of applications.
Only for beginners February 15, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
THis is not a good reference for people who are experienced with other database systems, or who are technical at all. It is so basic that important concepts are completely omitted. A far better book is "The Missing Manual".
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