On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 14:42 +0200, Ocke Janssen wrote:
> Hi Ray,
> 
> first of all the odb file is a zip package where the whole database 
> stuff is inside the folder database. That's the good news ;-) If the 
> data inside is corrupted they may be gone. You could try to extract the 
> files and prefix them with e.g. test. So you can access them as you 
> access a server hsqldb.
> For the BeanShell I didn't test it myself, but could it be that the 
> BeanShell uses his own classpath variable which is different to the one 
> used by OOo. You may have a look at 
> $(user)/config/javasettings_Windows_x86.xml in my case.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Ocke

For information on recovering data, please see "
Recovering content from a damaged OpenOffice.org file" in
http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/misc/Troubleshooting_guide.html
> 
> Ray Jahn wrote:
> > Thank you for response.  I desparately need to regain access to my *.odb 
> > data.
> > The explanation follows.  Thanks.  Ray
> >
> >  -----
> >
> > abbreviation: OO = OpenOffice
> >
> > reference:
> > www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=41997
> >   Macro-Calc-Base, OO Basic code to connect from OO Calc to OO Base
> >   author: Drew Jensen
> >
> > I was trying to duplicate in OO BeanShell the Calc to Base connection
> > as demonstrated by Drew Jensen in OO Basic.
> > I do not remember the exact details as OO BeanShell does not debug info.
> > The effort involves the following set of OO BeanShell statements,
> > in part and in full as I progressed through the trial.
> >
> > -- HSQLDB JDBC driver from OpenOffice
> > -- sdbc_hsqldb.jar
> > -- com.sun.star.sdbcx.*
> >
> > oDatabase = CreateUnoService("com.sun.star.sdb.DatabaseContext")
> > cnct = oDatabase.GetByName( "an OO registered DB" ).GetConnection( "sa", "" 
> > )
> > stmt = cnct.createStatement()  
> > rslt = stmt.executeQuery( sql_string )
> >
> > // print( rslt.getMetaData() );
> > // print( rslt.getString( col_name_string ) );
> >
> > rslt.close();
> > stmt.close();
> > cnct.close();
> >
> > I have previously successfully connected from within stand alone BeanShell 
> > to
> > a stand alone HSQLDB, using the following statements.
> >
> > -- HSQLDB JDBC driver from www.hsqldb.org
> > -- hsqldb.jar
> > -- org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver
> >
> > // BeanShell commands based on BeanShell own classloader and classpath 
> > management
> > // addClassPath() getClassPath() getClass()
> > addClassPath( "d:/hsqldb/lib/hsqldb 1.8.0.5.jar" );
> >
> > import org.hsqldb.*;  // org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver, etc.
> > import java.sql.*;    // DriverManager Connection Statement ResultSet
> >
> > Class.forName( "org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" ).newInstance();
> > print( Collections.list( DriverManager.getDrivers() ) );
> >
> > Connection cnct;
> > Statement  stmt;
> > ResultSet  rslt;
> >
> > cnct = DriverManager.getConnection( "jdbc:hsqldb:file:d:/tmp base/test", 
> > "sa", "" );
> > // the remaining codes are very similar to those in OO BeanShell
> >
> > One possibile culprit might be code mix-up during copy and paste.
> > It can be driver definition, can be classpath, etc.
> >
> > It seems that OO maintains certain connection state info.
> > in global variables for entire OO,
> > not just for individual connection sessions.
> > Failure or mistakes of one connection session can affect the entire OO Base,
> > if this guess is correct.
> >
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