Re: [libreoffice-users] Base can't open databases

2011-12-16 Thread Michael Bogaerts
el Good luck and regards from Tom :) --- On Thu, 15/12/11, MiguelAngel wrote: From: MiguelAngel Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Base can't open databases To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Thursday, 15 December, 2011, 21:20 El 15/12/11 21:28, Michael Bogaerts escribió: I think that java isn&#

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base can't open databases

2011-12-15 Thread Tom Davies
e: [libreoffice-users] Base can't open databases To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Thursday, 15 December, 2011, 21:20 El 15/12/11 21:28, Michael Bogaerts escribió: > I think that java isn't starting ... > for some reason LO doesn't load java; and thus it's DB driv

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base can't open databases

2011-12-15 Thread MiguelAngel
El 15/12/11 21:28, Michael Bogaerts escribió: I think that java isn't starting ... for some reason LO doesn't load java; and thus it's DB driver isn't loaded either? (i say this because normally i get a small java icon in my systray whenever java is loaded and this isn't happening anymore) Also

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base can't open databases

2011-12-15 Thread Michael Bogaerts
I think that java isn't starting ... for some reason LO doesn't load java; and thus it's DB driver isn't loaded either? (i say this because normally i get a small java icon in my systray whenever java is loaded and this isn't happening anymore) Also; when i go to options -> java; it takes li

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base can't open databases

2011-12-15 Thread Mark Stanton
Hi Alex, > Hmm, I wouldn't say "cut down", it is actually rather good, I understand that it *is* good. As I understand it the cut-down-ness contributes to the good-ness, or at least that was part of the design goal. Mark Stanton One small step for mankind... -- For unsubscribe instruction

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base can't open databases

2011-12-14 Thread Mark Stanton
If I'm not mistaken (although I might be and I haven't got the time to go back and check) and odb file is effectively a zip file with various things in it. As Tom said, LO (& Ooo, of course) really doesn't have a database section. It has a gateway to a database, in fact different adapters for

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base can't open databases

2011-12-14 Thread Michael Bogaerts
You are learning me here something ... So odb files aren't real database files or what??? Met vriendelijke groeten, Michael Bogaerts De bij ons als "Mark Stanton" geidentificeerde tegenpartij wist exact op 14/12/2011 1

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base can't open databases

2011-12-14 Thread Mark Stanton
It's hard to think of a situation that would truly benefit from the data being in an odb. Specific database engines manipulate their own data much better than... Almost anything. You can do by extracting the data from your current database and putting it into HSQL. I believe Base does actuall

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base can't open databases

2011-12-14 Thread Fernand Vanrie
Michael , We zouden dat in het Nederlands kunnen oplossen, no :-) You must understand that your odb file is just a go between, to make a "connection" to your original tables "main". When you first made your odb file you have to make a choice wath "driver" to use make the connection. For some

[libreoffice-users] Base can't open databases

2011-12-14 Thread Michael Bogaerts
Hello;Being my first post to this mailing list i immediately take the opportunity to try and fix my biggest issue with LO; I can't seem to open my database file; i get an error message which i can't get rid of although i've been trying whatever that looked sane to do ...This