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2012-05-28 Thread Girvin R. Herr
Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 26/05/12 22:30, Girvin R. Herr a écrit : Hi Girvin, If you have links to LO/OOo configuration documentation for ODBC connection to MySQL, I would be willing to try it. Thanks. I wrote a tutorial for this very purpose many years ago for OOo, but it would

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-27 Thread Girvin R. Herr
Andreas Säger wrote: Am 26.05.2012 22:13, Girvin R. Herr wrote: Andreas, Yes! Plus the "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" class and the "MySQL (JDBC)" connection type option. And I am using the "MySQL-connector-java-5.0.7-bin.jar" in the class path and the MySQL 5.0.67 server. Sun (Oracle) Java version

[libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-27 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 26/05/12 22:30, Girvin R. Herr a écrit : Hi Girvin, > If you have links to LO/OOo configuration documentation for ODBC > connection to MySQL, I would be willing to try it. > Thanks. I wrote a tutorial for this very purpose many years ago for OOo, but it would equally apply to LO today, thing

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-26 Thread Girvin R. Herr
security flaw in java. Some other programs almost never have security issues at all and only upgrade to add new features but with java it's just to fix whatever they broke or didn't fix last time. Regards from Tom :) --- On Sat, 26/5/12, Girvin R. Herr wrote: From: Girvin R. He

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-26 Thread Tom Davies
5/12, Girvin R. Herr wrote: From: Girvin R. Herr Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Saturday, 26 May, 2012, 22:34 Andreas Säger wrote: > Am 26.05.2012 22:13, Girvin R. Herr wrote: >>> >> Andreas, >>

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-26 Thread Girvin R. Herr
Andreas Säger wrote: Am 26.05.2012 22:13, Girvin R. Herr wrote: Andreas, Yes! Plus the "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" class and the "MySQL (JDBC)" connection type option. And I am using the "MySQL-connector-java-5.0.7-bin.jar" in the class path and the MySQL 5.0.67 server. Sun (Oracle) Java version

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-26 Thread Girvin R. Herr
s Patrick still involved with packaging things for the slackware repos? If so then he might be worth contacting. Apparently he used to be very helpful and approachable. Regards from Tom :) --- On Sat, 26/5/12, Girvin R. Herr wrote: From: Girvin R. Herr Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-26 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 26.05.2012 22:13, Girvin R. Herr wrote: Andreas, Yes! Plus the "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" class and the "MySQL (JDBC)" connection type option. And I am using the "MySQL-connector-java-5.0.7-bin.jar" in the class path and the MySQL 5.0.67 server. Sun (Oracle) Java version 1.6.0_30 All test okay,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-26 Thread Girvin R. Herr
Andreas Säger wrote: 8><... I was thinking of this problem which affects Linux+Java-DB+LibO before 3.5: http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=125253&highlight=java+linux The problem has gone with LibreOffice 3.5 and it did not exist under operating systems other than Linux.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-26 Thread Girvin R. Herr
drew jensen wrote: 8><... Ah I missed that last bit - yup, those JDBC connections can suck - has the OP tried ODBC? //drew Drew, I am the OP. No, I have not tried ODBC. The only configuration documentation I have been able to get for MySQL and Base, used JDBC. At the time, that docum

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-26 Thread Tom Davies
:) --- On Sat, 26/5/12, Girvin R. Herr wrote: From: Girvin R. Herr Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Saturday, 26 May, 2012, 20:43 drew jensen wrote: > On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 19:02 -0700, Girvin R. Herr wrote: >    &

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-26 Thread Girvin R. Herr
Andreas Säger wrote: Am 26.05.2012 00:47, Girvin R. Herr wrote: As an update to my problem with Report Builder, my 1500+ record database takes 94 pages of a Report Builder / Writer document. I put on my patience hat and timed how long it takes to format the report, ready for printing. As a ba

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-26 Thread Girvin R. Herr
Andreas Säger wrote: 8><... -- When you drag the query icon from the left pane of the data source window onto a Calc cell you will get a semi-automatic link. Call menu:Data>Refresh to refresh the link. -- When you drag selected row selectors you get a copy of selected rows. The top-left co

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-26 Thread Girvin R. Herr
Fernand, I am assuming you are talking about the "Data" tab for the report where there are "Content Type" and "Content" option lists. I tried it both ways with the same results. Originally, I was using the SQL command(s) the wizard created when I first created the report. Those SQL commands

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-26 Thread Girvin R. Herr
drew jensen wrote: On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 19:02 -0700, Girvin R. Herr wrote: drew jensen wrote: 8><... Hi Tom Really - you seem to know a lot, are you writing a manual? @Girvin - there is no place that I've seen the report builder be that slow and not have an installation problem - n

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-26 Thread Tom Davies
n that anyone else can cope with any of it.  Usually people that make something look easy have broken it down and worked hard at each step to make it smoother and less liable to break or go wrong or streamlined for speed.  Regards from Tom :)  --- On Sat, 26/5/12, drew jensen wrote: From:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-26 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 26.05.2012 13:32, drew jensen wrote: On Sat, 2012-05-26 at 12:53 +0200, Andreas Säger wrote: You are running the combination of Linux, Base plus JDBC? Ah I missed that last bit - yup, those JDBC connections can suck - has the OP tried ODBC? //drew I was thinking of this problem which

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-26 Thread drew jensen
On Sat, 2012-05-26 at 12:53 +0200, Andreas Säger wrote: > Am 26.05.2012 00:47, Girvin R. Herr wrote: > > > > As an update to my problem with Report Builder, my 1500+ record database > > takes 94 pages of a Report Builder / Writer document. I put on my > > patience hat and timed how long it takes to

[libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-26 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 26.05.2012 00:47, Girvin R. Herr wrote: As an update to my problem with Report Builder, my 1500+ record database takes 94 pages of a Report Builder / Writer document. I put on my patience hat and timed how long it takes to format the report, ready for printing. As a baseline, it takes about 4

[libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-26 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 26.05.2012 12:40, Andreas Säger wrote: The linked data range resizes dynamically with every refresh. Any formula cells directly adjacent to the import range will expand and shrink with the resized data range. So the clearly defined row sets of a database enable dynamically resizing formula ra

[libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-26 Thread Andreas Säger
Dan, Wow! That worked fine. Thanks. However, I had to copy and paste the database data from the Data Source window into the Calc spreadsheet. Is there a way to dynamically get the current data to the spreadsheet so I don't have to cut and paste every time I have new data? If so, it would be a lot

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-25 Thread Fernand Vanrie
Girvin , You must know that ORB , when openning a report, first execute the SQL commands "saved" with the report, this can surrly takes some time, then you can give a new 'actual)set off SQL commands. Therefore we never safe the reports with real SQL commands, we just make a dummy command an

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-25 Thread drew jensen
On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 19:02 -0700, Girvin R. Herr wrote: > > drew jensen wrote: > 8><... > > > > Hi Tom > > > > Really - you seem to know a lot, are you writing a manual? > > > > @Girvin - there is no place that I've seen the report builder be that > > slow and not have an installation problem - n

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-25 Thread Girvin R. Herr
drew jensen wrote: 8><... Hi Tom Really - you seem to know a lot, are you writing a manual? @Girvin - there is no place that I've seen the report builder be that slow and not have an installation problem - not saying it is impossible but sounds really odd. 1500 records in a tabular report, 4

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-25 Thread Girvin R. Herr
Dan Lewis wrote: Yes, you can link to a Base query with Calc. With Cal open, use the F4 key to open the Data Source window. (You will have to register the database before it will appear in this window.) The left side is the name of the registered databases. Click the arrow in front of th

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-25 Thread drew jensen
On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 15:47 -0700, Girvin R. Herr wrote: > > Tom Davies wrote: > > Hi :) > > I have just done a bit of digging around. > > > > Looking back through Andreas' answers > > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=user_nodes&user=254826&i=80 > > > > I found t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-25 Thread Dan Lewis
On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 15:47 -0700, Girvin R. Herr wrote: > > Tom Davies wrote: > > Hi :) > > I have just done a bit of digging around. > > > > Looking back through Andreas' answers > > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=user_nodes&user=254826&i=80 > > > > I found t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-25 Thread Girvin R. Herr
Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I have just done a bit of digging around. Looking back through Andreas' answers http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=user_nodes&user=254826&i=80 I found this but i'm not sure it's much help for you http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/da

[libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-25 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 25.05.2012 10:04, Tom Davies wrote: Sadly most of the people that know a lot about the ins-and-outs of Base are unwilling to help write the Base guide so it's down to 1 person who is desperately busy with a lot of other projects. How would you write a guide for hammer, chisel, plow, saw

[libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-25 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 25.05.2012 09:35, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I think there is another way to build reports? I think Andreas uses a different way inside Base. Other people seem to start with the report builder and then hack it around. It might be worth search the archives to find how Andreas does reports! R

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-25 Thread Tom Davies
  Regards from Tom :) --- On Thu, 24/5/12, Girvin R. Herr wrote: From: Girvin R. Herr Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Thursday, 24 May, 2012, 20:01 Andreas Säger wrote: > With LibO 3.5 under Linux I can use

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-25 Thread Tom Davies
/12, Girvin R. Herr wrote: From: Girvin R. Herr Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Thursday, 24 May, 2012, 20:01 Andreas Säger wrote: > With LibO 3.5 under Linux I can use any recent Java version without any >

[libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-24 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 24.05.2012 21:33, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 24.05.2012 21:01, Girvin R. Herr wrote: I will certainly take your experience to heart and your recommendation to update my Java. Thanks again. Girvin If you are running Java 1.7 downgrading to some recent 1.6 version may be even more helpful. Unt

[libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-24 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 24.05.2012 21:01, Girvin R. Herr wrote: I will certainly take your experience to heart and your recommendation to update my Java. Thanks again. Girvin If you are running Java 1.7 downgrading to some recent 1.6 version may be even more helpful. Until now I could not test RB with Java 1.7 a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-24 Thread Girvin R. Herr
Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 24/05/12 00:01, Girvin R. Herr a écrit : Hi Girvin, MySQL 5.0.67 MySQL-connector-java-5.0.7-bin.jar Sun Java 1.6.0u11 Oooh, very old and potentially highly exploitable version of Java there. Is my current Report Builder problem caused by

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-24 Thread Girvin R. Herr
Andreas Säger wrote: With LibO 3.5 under Linux I can use any recent Java version without any issues. I tested 1.6.22, 1.6.31 and 1.7. Any of these simply work with my Java databases. I avoid the report builder like illness. If you feel the need to dance with this software diva then you should

[libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-24 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 24/05/12 00:01, Girvin R. Herr a écrit : Hi Girvin, >MySQL 5.0.67 >MySQL-connector-java-5.0.7-bin.jar >Sun Java 1.6.0u11 Oooh, very old and potentially highly exploitable version of Java there. > > Is my current Report Builder problem caused by this Java problem again? Yes.

[libreoffice-users] Re: Extremely Slow Base Report Builder

2012-05-23 Thread Andreas Säger
With LibO 3.5 under Linux I can use any recent Java version without any issues. I tested 1.6.22, 1.6.31 and 1.7. Any of these simply work with my Java databases. I avoid the report builder like illness. If you feel the need to dance with this software diva then you should do all calculations, fi