[FX.php List] Related or Not

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

This was noticed in FileMaker 7.0 Server Advanced, and reported to FileMaker,
i do believe this is solved in FileMaker 8.0v4 Server Advanced...

But I changed my strategy of making the page; like you did, and did
not rethink it until now.

ggt667

On 10/26/06, gerry.charest at agfa.com <gerry.charest at agfa.com> wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
>
>  I'm in the thick of things rebuilding several FMP5 CDML web based solutions
> converting them to FMP8 and PHP. Each solution contains common elements or
> has need of like functions (log-in, document storage, email etc.). Rather
> than duplicating these features and others in multitabled files and
> replicating the data all over the place. I have broken out the common
> elements to separate data files and used file references to establish the
> relationships where necessary. Creating common elements as shared resources.
> From a database perspective this is looking much cleaner than the older FMP5
> solutions.
>
>  I chose to use separate files for each task as each contains a substantial
> amount of data, well within the FMP limits but still a mouth full. Smaller
> related data requirements are maintained within the file for each solution.
> Needless to say portals are used everywhere. PHP has been great for
> displaying the related data quickly and efficiently, and here is the rub,
> related data from the same file works great. Attempting to display data from
> a portal created using a file reference is not displayed in the array. I
> have resorted to another query to collect the external files data. My
> question is this, Is this normal behavior or is there some trick I'm missing
> to make all the data available in the layout available from a single query?
> Thoughts and observations?
>
>  Best
>  Gerry
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