The ability to manage information is the key to businesses thriving in an increasingly competitive market. With this book, small business owners and workgroup managers can find out how to write custom database applications in order to add value to critical business information. After demonstrating how easily a database can be written using FileMaker Pro, this book presents a set of 11 business database case studies, all of which can be easily adapted by readers for their own data management requirements. The final section of the book offers ideas on deploying database solutions over a network and the web. Learn how to: Build a database and design layouts; Create relationships between tables; Automate tasks using scripts and buttons; Secure data through the use of accounts and privileges; Exchange data with other applications.