First, check the file permissions. Can you read the file? (obviously you can to some degree....)
Second, check the database properties in Base - is there a read only setting there? (can't say fer sure cuz I typically use MySQL/PostgreSQL/MSSQL for my database needs - not native BASE.) If you were connecting to an external database I would also suggest checking the permissions for the account you are using to connect. It could have Select permissions only. To add rows, you'd need select, insert/update, delete usually... Try opening base as Root and see if that clears up the problem (stretching here again...) Another thought - try moving the file to the local box. I know Writer doesn't like to open files it doesn't think are local... As for visually designing a database.. thank you for giving me a chance to shamelessly plug my web based tool for this.. :) scriptgen.open2space.com (though I'm looking for a different name for the project and am open to suggestions... scriptgen exists in some other form on the world wild web...) Shawn TekBudda wrote: > I don't know if I am just mental or what, but I am running into a problem > and can't seem to figure out a solution. > > Normally when I start designing a database I will create it in a spreadsheet > so I can play with the columns and such, before put the data into a databse. > But in the before time (Mad Max reference to the olden days ;-D) when I was > using MS Access more religiously I would go in, create a table then go into > a table view and begin entering data and worry about forms and such later. > > Well...I figured I would try to do the same thing with OOoBase. So I > created a table in the native *.odb format and was all set to start entering > information. BUT...I went to open the table and no way to enter records. > SO then I thought create a form...BUT every attempt (so far) has had the > form in read-only or has crashed and caused an error. I thought part of the > problem could have been it being on a USB key, but I moved it from there to > the home folder adn the same thing. I seemed to be getting the same > behaviour on WinXP and Ubuntu 7.04 using a fairly recent version of OOo. > > Can anybody shed some light.. or maybe slap me with a stick and get me on > the right track? It just seems very counterintuitive at this for > recommending OOo fully (at least the database portion) as a full drop-in > replacement for MS Office. > > Cameron > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
