Re: [libreoffice-users] VLOOKUP Syntax to find MAX on a particular date

2022-08-10 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi Hylton On 10/08/2022 19:28, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: Hi Steve, et al, On 2022/08/09 23:05, Steve Edmonds wrote: ... Further to Johnny's question, how is the CSV delimited. Do you just have commas between values or are some values also quoted in " ". There are no " "'s, all comma

Re: [libreoffice-users] [CLOSED] VLOOKUP Syntax to find MAX on a particular date

2022-08-10 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Dear fellow members, My apologies for wasting your time and brain power, however the use of Calc and VLOOKUP is NOT the right tool for the job and that INDEX(MATCH) would have ben better, given that the downloaded .csv data file grows by approximately 1MB per month. I have marked this

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calculated values in View or Query

2022-08-10 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Harvey, The Base Guide answers my question precisely, listing as it does the built-in functions together with a remark in each case "[Works in the GUI]" - or not (e.g. CASE) Great stuff!! And all this translated from German Base Handbuch into English. I take this as special compliment.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calculated values in View or Query

2022-08-10 Thread Harvey Nimmo
That is marvellous. Thank you, Robert!! I must get used to visiting the Document Foundation website, as I tend to stick with the help function and otherwise OpenSUSE. Excellent tip. The Base Guide answers my question precisely, listing as it does the built-in functions together with a remark in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calculated values in View or Query

2022-08-10 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Harvey, most SQL code I create direcly without using GUI, so I don't know if all of this could also be created through GUI. Have a look at the Base Guide https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/qjFkGwpEEkNrt6f. The GUI has been created to work perfect with internal HSQLDB (very old…),

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calculated values in View or Query

2022-08-10 Thread Harvey Nimmo
Hi Robert, I suppose my question could be reformulated: what version of SQL does Base support? To what extent is that SQL supported in the BASE query/view graphical interface? I haven't been able to find an answer in the LO Help (yet). Cheers Harvey On Wed, 2022-08-10 at 08:31 +0200, Robert

Re: [libreoffice-users] VLOOKUP Syntax to find MAX on a particular date

2022-08-10 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi Steve, et al, On 2022/08/09 23:05, Steve Edmonds wrote: ... Further to Johnny's question, how is the CSV delimited. Do you just have commas between values or are some values also quoted in " ". There are no " "'s, all comma separated. When I import a simple CSV using Sheet>Insert sheet

Re: [libreoffice-users] Calculated values in View or Query

2022-08-10 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Harvey, For example, I would like to extract a text string from a field in each record and display it in an extra view and/or query field, or multiply two field values and record the result in an extra field. A little example will help: What is the content of the field in tehe table, whot