Chapter 6. Working with Multiple Tables

In this chapter

Multitable Systems in FileMaker Pro

Creating a One-to-Many Relationship in FileMaker

Working with Related Data

Creating a Many-to-Many Relationship

Rapid Multitable Development

Troubleshooting

Multitable Systems in FileMaker Pro

This chapter shows you how to take the ideas from Chapter 5, “Relational Database Design,” and use them to build FileMaker database systems. You’ll learn how to use FileMaker to create database systems that model the types of relationships covered in Chapter 5. In general, we don’t like to prescribe a linear path through this book, but for this chapter (and really the one following, as well), we’re going to assume that you either have read Chapter 5 or have a reasonable ...

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