https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158045
Stéphane Guillou (stragu) <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary|updating data sources |mail merge: data sources | |not updated when opening | |the file Ever confirmed|0 |1 Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEEDINFO --- Comment #4 from Stéphane Guillou (stragu) <[email protected]> --- (In reply to walter from comment #2) > didn't get the mail merge panel, where I can preview and save versions of my > dataset. so I ran the wizard and then it popped up. I ran a test save and it > worked. You can also toggle the panel with View > Toolbars > Mail merge. > then I closed the ods, modified and saved it. reopened the odt AND IT WORKS, > i can switch trough all the new data. Works as expected. > > the old files still dont work, > if I use "exchange database" it accepts the files and it works, > but as soon as i save, close, reopen the file, I have to redo it, I cant > register the ods manually as a database as it only accepts odb files and > throws "the connection to the datasource couldnt be established. no SDBC > driver was found for the URL". > > so I removed the placeholders from my files and saved under a new name, > reopened them and followed the procedure which i described above. now it > works. > > so I dont know if it was due to the older version or my new approach to > implement it, now it works good enough for me Good to know that it does work well for new files, which is the most important. About older files where the connection does not survive a save-reopen, you'd have to attach example files (ODT and data source) for us to test, if you don't have personal data in it or can sanitize one. Ideally, we'd have steps to reproduce from scratch (how to create such a file that fails updating the fields). > the refresh/rebuild button > still doesnt load changes to the ods file, for that i have to close the odt, > but then the changes are immediately available. this working would be lovely > to have as well. Which "refresh/rebuild" button is that? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
