FileMaker Data Sync Magic
Last January, Jesse Barnum spent two hours showing MirrorSync 2 t0 the New Mexico User Group.
Sadly, audio recording problems made the video unusable and it was never shared here. So I am happy to see the below video from FileMaker Training Videos.
MirrorSync 2 is an incredible product that will synch two databases very quickly: Go to Server, Client to Server, Server to Server, FileMaker to MySQL, MySQL to FileMaker, or any database that supports JDBC–you get the idea.
And it’s fast and easy to set up:
MirrorSync is only installed on the server computer. It is not a plug-in, and does not require any software installation on client devices.
MirrorSync is extremely easy to set up. The only required database changes are:
- Enabling the FMXML extended privilege in your security configuration.
- Making sure that every table you want to sync has a primary key, modification timestamp, and creation timestamp.
- Creating a layout for each table.
- Four copy and paste operations.
We have a massive re-write of a database coming up soon, a database needing to synch both ways between FileMaker and MySQL. MirrorSync 2 will be part of the solution.
FileMaker Data Sync Magic – it ‘s fun to watch.