On Thursday 24 March 2005 03:46, steve wrote: > On Thursday 24 March 2005 00:06, you wrote: > > > Closer? > > > Good luck, Steve. > > > > Hi All and especially Steve > > > > The good news is that I can create, edit, and use a DB in > > Reality_Check from Big_Nate. > > > > Simply stated it works!!!! > > > > Thanks > > Congratulations! > > > But! With all good things comes issues. > > > > First MySQL DB location issue > > I just can not seem to get MySQL to work if I change the > > location of the DB which requires changing configuration > > settings. Strange. > > The databases are in /var/lib/mysql. Where are you changing > them to and why would you wish to do this? > > > Next OO Issues > > Click OO icon -> OO starts -> File -> New -> Connect to > > existing DB -> JDBC -> > > Wrong here. You are connecting to a MySQL database. So it > should be: > > file>new>database>connect to existing databse>mysql > > Go right to the end of the dialogue and register the > database. On the final screen you will be prompted for a > name to save the settings you have just created. You have > to go through this process _once_ only as you opted to > create a _new_ database. Once you have it you then you > would not choose File>new but File>open. It will ask you > for a password if you checked the password required button > in the new db dialogue. > > > At this point I must enter the > > name of the DB, server settings and user name each time > > Why? Well OK the DB name but why each time the server > > settings and the user name? -> Then the next screen to > > appear is to save the DB. Why is one saving a DB here? > > It isn't saving a database. Your database is saved on > another computer. It's saving the info which you just typed > in so you don't have to type it in each time. I think it's > unfortunate wording. > > > One may not want to save what one searches for so why is > > one saving at this point? -> File -> Exit -> Discard - OO > > Stops -> Restart OO -> Immediately one goes into document > > recovery because one did not save the previous work. Why? > > If one does not want the work why would one want to > > recover it? > > It only saves queries, forms and reports you write. It won't > save anything else. > > No, I think the report recovery is a bug here as this is > only a beta. Don't use the beta if this work is important. > > HTH Steve. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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