See issue 39837. It is under discussion as far as adding linking to another database.
Art On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 07:18 -0800, Sunburned Surveyor wrote: > Chris, > > I'm not sure I understand your question exactly, but I'm going to take > a stab at a reply. First of all, with the latest development versio of > OpenOffice, you connect to an existing database, or use the embedded > HSQL database. AS far as I know, connections to multiple databases in > one .odb docuement is not allowed. The trick is to get the data into > your database using it's import functions, and then access that > database with OpenOffice. For example, I'm using MySQL and OpenOffice. > If I have data in 3 CSV files that I want to access in OpenOffice, I > would use the MySQL command interface to import those CSV files into > my MySQL database. I could then access and manipulate that data from > an OpenOffice .odb document connected to that MySQL database. > > Some others on this list may have another solution. > > Let me know if you have other questions, and I'll try my best to help. > Remember, I'm still learning this too. :] ) > > Landon > > On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:37:55 +0000, Chris Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How can one add a new 'external' datasource to Database? > > > > In Writer and Calc the View menu has a Datasource entry where one can > > do this but the View menu isn't similarly expanded in Database. > > > > -- > > Chris Green ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > "Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by incompetence." > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
