On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 09:34 -0400, Andrew Jensen wrote: > Hi Swarmup, > > Yes, the same people that asked you to upgrade are now telling you > that after doing so the option is no longer available to do what it is > you actually wanted to do, in the way you actually wanted to do it. > > I was one of those people and I apologize. > > What Mechtilde means, I think, is that since OO.org is free you could > always put a copy under windows, migrate your data to Base there, then > copy the Base file from the XP formatted partition to the Linux > formatted partition.
As Mechtilde has just explained, he actually refers to an external HSQL DB, rather than the internal one. He recommended MySQL or Postgresql or Oracle. So what would be the best, simplest, most straight forward way of proceeding here? My databases are not complex, I just need to import them in some simple clean way. I could easily download and install the OO 2.3 for Windows if that works well. Or I could try using one of the external HSQL formats if someone explains how it is done (or if there is a good HowTo somewhere). Or failing all that, I will just have to install OO 2.2 on the computer. If nothing else, I know quite well at this point how to do the import that way. I could do all my imports using OO 2.2, then when they're imported, replace 2.2 with 2.3 so I can use 2.3's Forms Wizard. This is a bit of a convoluted approach, but I least I now how to do it. I would rather use either Windows OO 2.3 or an external HSQL DB if they would work well and there is some clear explanation available as to how to do it. Thank you, Regards, Swarup > On 9/25/07, Dinbandhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 15:22 +0200, Mechtilde wrote: > > > Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germany schrieb: > > > > Hello Swarup, > > > > > > > >> I am trying to "connect to an existing database" using OO 2.3 Base > > > >> (OS=Linux Ubuntu). The existing database is an MSA database in my > > > >> windows partition. > > > > > > > > Debian-based distributions contained an experimental Linux-driver for > > > > .mdb files, but this driver has been removed in their 2.3 version. > > > > Which, as sorry as this might be, is correct as the driver was pretty > > > > flawed and effectively a danger to your data. > > > > > > I can confirm this. You can do the connection under Windows to migrate > > > your database to a free (as freespeech) database management system. > > > > Could you explain a little more? What do I need to do to import my MSA > > files. To what free database management system do you refer? > > > > Thanks, > > Swarup > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
