Juan José Magaña Redondo, thank you for reporting this and trying to help make Ubuntu better. However, the LibreOffice PPA is not a software package provided by the official Ubuntu repositories. Because of this the Ubuntu project can not support or fix your particular bug. Please report this bug to the provider of the software package. As per https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ppa : For questions and bugs with software in this PPA please contact LibreOffice Packaging https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice .
If you are interested in learning more about software repositories and Ubuntu, check https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories . Thank you for your understanding. Helpful bug reporting tips: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1183794 Title: Libreoffice 4 Base: No report generation when sorting order Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 precise (amd64) and the Libreoffice 4.0 ppa. However, the bug that I have encountered also takes place with the official deb packages from www.libreoffice.org. Every time I generate a report that is sorted alphabetically or in any way, I always get this: 24-may-2013 14:09:18 com.sun.star.wizards.db.DBMetaData$CommandObject <init> GRAVE: null com.sun.star.uno.RuntimeException: [jni_uno bridge error] Java calling UNO method getByName: [map_to_uno():string] null-ref given! java stack trace: at com.sun.star.bridges.jni_uno.JNI_proxy.dispatch_call(Native Method) at com.sun.star.bridges.jni_uno.JNI_proxy.invoke(JNI_proxy.java:183) at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy17.getByName(Unknown Source) at com.sun.star.wizards.db.DBMetaData$CommandObject.<init>(DBMetaData.java:305) at com.sun.star.wizards.db.DBMetaData.getCommandByName(DBMetaData.java:272) at com.sun.star.wizards.db.DBMetaData.getTableByName(DBMetaData.java:251) at com.sun.star.wizards.db.CommandMetaData.getColumnObjectByFieldName(CommandMetaData.java:146) at com.sun.star.wizards.db.SQLQueryComposer.appendSortingCriterion(SQLQueryComposer.java:182) at com.sun.star.wizards.db.SQLQueryComposer.prependSortingCriteria(SQLQueryComposer.java:158) at com.sun.star.wizards.db.SQLQueryComposer.prependSortingCriteria(SQLQueryComposer.java:149) at com.sun.star.wizards.report.ReportTextImplementation.reconnectToDatabase(ReportTextImplementation.java:286) at com.sun.star.wizards.report.Dataimport.importReportData(Dataimport.java:196) at com.sun.star.wizards.report.Dataimport.createReport(Dataimport.java:212) at com.sun.star.wizards.report.CallReportWizard$ReportWizardImplementation.trigger(CallReportWizard.java:104) at com.sun.star.bridges.jni_uno.JNI_proxy.dispatch_call(Native Method) at com.sun.star.bridges.jni_uno.JNI_proxy.invoke(JNI_proxy.java:183) at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy17.getByName(Unknown Source) at com.sun.star.wizards.db.DBMetaData$CommandObject.<init>(DBMetaData.java:305) at com.sun.star.wizards.db.DBMetaData.getCommandByName(DBMetaData.java:272) at com.sun.star.wizards.db.DBMetaData.getTableByName(DBMetaData.java:251) at com.sun.star.wizards.db.CommandMetaData.getColumnObjectByFieldName(CommandMetaData.java:146) at com.sun.star.wizards.db.SQLQueryComposer.appendSortingCriterion(SQLQueryComposer.java:182) at com.sun.star.wizards.db.SQLQueryComposer.prependSortingCriteria(SQLQueryComposer.java:158) at com.sun.star.wizards.db.SQLQueryComposer.prependSortingCriteria(SQLQueryComposer.java:149) at com.sun.star.wizards.report.ReportTextImplementation.reconnectToDatabase(ReportTextImplementation.java:286) at com.sun.star.wizards.report.Dataimport.importReportData(Dataimport.java:196) at com.sun.star.wizards.report.Dataimport.createReport(Dataimport.java:212) at com.sun.star.wizards.report.CallReportWizard$ReportWizardImplementation.trigger(CallReportWizard.java:104) java.lang.NullPointerException at com.sun.star.wizards.db.CommandMetaData.getColumnObjectByFieldName(CommandMetaData.java:147) at com.sun.star.wizards.db.SQLQueryComposer.appendSortingCriterion(SQLQueryComposer.java:182) at com.sun.star.wizards.db.SQLQueryComposer.prependSortingCriteria(SQLQueryComposer.java:158) at com.sun.star.wizards.db.SQLQueryComposer.prependSortingCriteria(SQLQueryComposer.java:149) at com.sun.star.wizards.report.ReportTextImplementation.reconnectToDatabase(ReportTextImplementation.java:286) at com.sun.star.wizards.report.Dataimport.importReportData(Dataimport.java:196) at com.sun.star.wizards.report.Dataimport.createReport(Dataimport.java:212) at com.sun.star.wizards.report.CallReportWizard$ReportWizardImplementation.trigger(CallReportWizard.java:104) 24-may-2013 14:09:18 com.sun.star.wizards.report.ReportTextImplementation reconnectToDatabase GRAVE: null com.sun.star.sdbc.SQLException: La columna no es válida. at com.sun.star.bridges.jni_uno.JNI_proxy.dispatch_call(Native Method) at com.sun.star.bridges.jni_uno.JNI_proxy.invoke(JNI_proxy.java:183) at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy63.appendOrderByColumn(Unknown Source) at com.sun.star.wizards.db.SQLQueryComposer.appendSortingCriterion(SQLQueryComposer.java:186) at com.sun.star.wizards.db.SQLQueryComposer.prependSortingCriteria(SQLQueryComposer.java:158) at com.sun.star.wizards.db.SQLQueryComposer.prependSortingCriteria(SQLQueryComposer.java:149) at com.sun.star.wizards.report.ReportTextImplementation.reconnectToDatabase(ReportTextImplementation.java:286) at com.sun.star.wizards.report.Dataimport.importReportData(Dataimport.java:196) at com.sun.star.wizards.report.Dataimport.createReport(Dataimport.java:212) at com.sun.star.wizards.report.CallReportWizard$ReportWizardImplementation.trigger(CallReportWizard.java:104) No problem whatsoever with Libreoffice 3.6 or lower versions. 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