Garry and Martin, I'd like to help out with the OO Base documentation at Authors. I can put together an article on connecting to MySQL, and I'm setting up OO for PostgreSQL right now. If you'd like the help just let me know how to get started. I imagine there is a document template that I need to download.
Landon On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 09:53:45 +0000, garry saddington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >
