The Separation Model – Part 21 – A Notification System
Rather than creating one or two scripts to solve one specific problem, it's typically better to solve the whole problem by creating a system which can be leveraged in more than one place and by more than one database system.
Such is the case with the Notifications system, which is now integrated into the KarateApp sample database.
The Notifications system is one in which a general approach is taken to sending out notifications to any target device via a particular method. What this means is that a SmartPhone would be a target device and SMS would be the method of notification.
Of course, the most common method of sending a notification might be email with the target being an email client. Ultimately, what we're talking about is getting the right information to the right people and doing it within a system which accommodates all the various possible methods.
Wish your FileMaker database could notify someone via email, sms, twitter, facebook post or some other method? Well, give this video a watch and you'll see that making this type of system is certainly possible.