To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=56945 Issue #:|56945 Summary:|need more help for connecting to other-type databases Component:|Database access Version:|OOo 2.0 Platform:|All URL:| OS/Version:|Windows XP Status:|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard:| Keywords:| Resolution:| Issue type:|ENHANCEMENT Priority:|P3 Subcomponent:|none Assigned to:|dbaneedsconfirm Reported by:|timdeaton
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Oct 29 19:45:30 -0700 2005 ------- I was hoping to be able to convert some Access97 databases into OOo Base. I saw the |Tools|Options|OOo Base|Connections| references to ODBC and ADO drivers, and tried to figure out how to use them, but have had little success. The help files talk about choosing |Edit|Database|Properties|, but it took me forever to figure out (just a minute ago) that I had to do that in a "new", blank database. Now I still don't know how to make that data available to a different (OOo) database. All I'm used to is Access 97, and being able to easily link to tables in other projects. I look at "linking" and "importing" and whatever else I can think of in the OOo help files, and can't find anything that seems to relate. Anything that you can add to either the program and/or the help files to help MS Access users (and database neophytes) understand how to get to their Access data and how to use that data from within OOo would be very helpful. Particularly, I expect there are a lot of Access97 users who would be attracted to OOo. Part of my confusion tonite was that I didn't think I could use the ADO driver (since Access97 uses DAO instead). Please target those users and make it easy for us to understand how to migrate to OOo. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
