Databaseing is StarOffice 6.0 should be much easier than with OO.o. As far as I
know, SO includes a database module similar to the one in SO 5.2. This feature
was never put into OO.o.
Jesse
Quoting John Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi Cameron,
> I was looking at OpenOffice.org (aka OO.o, the oSS version of StarOffice)
> for database operations, and became frustrated by the lack of
> documentation. All the docs I found were for the StarBasic in StarOffice V
> 5.2, but the whole database structure changed in V 6 (which is what OO.o
> corresponds to). I tried several things but could not make it work for what
> I wanted to do. I don't know if SO comes with current documentation, but
> reading between the lines of some newsgroup comments, I suspect not (yet).
>
> Also, SO/OO.o don't really 'incorporate' a database, they use whichever one
> you have, though I believe that SO comes with a version of ADABAS. It was
> really simple to view a MySQL table in OO.o (look for Help on 'Data
> source') , but I need to do more than that.
>
> Another thing: some people are saying that "SO/OO.o and a database can be
> the long-desired replacement for Microsoft's Access". Well, perhaps. It
> depends on what you were doing with Access. Access has three main functions:
>
> * a database (the infamous 'JET' engine, soon to be replaced by a better
> but resource-hogging DB built into the OS),
> * a nice form and report generator
> * "code behind forms" or the ability to add logic beyond what is possible
> using SQL only.
>
> SO/OO.o does not _include_ a database, but several good or excellent, even
> free, ones are available.
> SO/OO.o can automatically create forms, but they are not so easy to use,
> nor as flexible, as Access'.
> SO/OO.o will probably have an equivalent of 'code behind forms' but does
> not (apparently) have it really available yet.
>
> Because of the difficulties I encountered with OO.o and databases, I'm now
> exploring the use of Rekall, which is currently available for Linux, and in
> Beta Test for Windows. This looks like it can really be the Access
> replacement. Rekall does not _include_ a database, but uses MySQL,
> PostgreSQL or XBase (currently). It's not yet so easy to use as Access, but
> the end result is comparable.
>
> --
> John Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
> "Helping People Prosper in the Information Age".
>
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