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Title: The Zen and Art of FileMake 6
Review: If you are expecting a step-by-step tutorial on building databases with FileMaker, this is not the book for you. Although the author appears to cover every possible subject regarding database development he spends very little time demonstrating to the reader how to build practical database solutions. The examples are difficult to read and even harder to implement. The author often points the reader to pre-built databases on the included CD. Although these examples are nice have it would be better if the author taught the reader how to build such databases. I have also found that it is very inconvenient to convert FileMaker 5 & 6 files to FileMaker 7. I would re-title this book as "The Zen and Art of FileMaker 6" and it should be placed in the philosophy section of your local library. This book is far from a "One-Stop Guide".
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