On Wednesday 16 February 2005 07:19, Martin Fox wrote: > Hi Garry > > Sorry I did not get back to you before this. I printed out Monday the > Connnecting article. It looks good. I intend to try out the steps on a > computer which is not so heavily loaded/customised as mine. > > I think that a section in the guide for connecting to an Access database > and using the data in OOo would also hit the spot. Should the guide have > an appendix with sets of instructions on connecting to different servers > - MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Access etc? At present this information is > scattered all over and takes quite some finding - as I discovered when > writing the FAQs! Connecting to other data sources will go in section 2 of the guide. if you have MS Access would you like to do the bit on connecting to an Access data source? I do not have MS Access although I could get at it if necessary. > I have at present an outline only of some things to go in the Appendix. The recent release of Base is still a bit buggy so it is difficult to do any of the actual application making so I have been writing the database theory bit for the appendix. Is it possible to see your outline for the appendix and I can tell you what I have covered?
regards garry > Can we sort of get all of us together and 'flesh out' the outline you > have up on the authors page? I would see that there would be use in > preparing a one or two paragraph summary to accompany each heading, > perhaps putting some further subheadings or ..... That way the > interaction between the chapters of the guide would be smoother. > > What do you think? > > I am pretty heavily committed at work at present, trying to fit in some > overseas business trips in the next couple of months, and am not sure > how much time I can devote to the guide. But if we have some clear > direction and timetabling I can see better where I am heading. > > regards from the snow > Martin > > > > > On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 09:47:51 +0000 > > garry saddington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is anyone working on any part of the database guide. If you are can > > you tell me which part. I have some spare time this week and so want > > to get going. Has anyone read the 'Connecting to Postgres' part yet? > > regards > > garry
