In the.fmsoup recently we discussed an issue raised by @menno. He had seen that local variables declared in one object on a layout were accessible in other areas. His immediate concern was that this was a security issue as it was possible that data would be accessible in places where it should not be seen. […]
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This is the second part in a series discussing design patterns for Claris FileMaker databases. The first part discusses the use of data layers, check it out first if you haven’t read it already. What are Key tables, also known as “no data” tables? In this article we introduce Key tables. Key tables are an
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Learning to use boolean options can improve your database in important ways, via ease of input, data integrity, data storage and data re-use.
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