FamiliaFrazelle wrote:
> Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germany wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>  
>>>     Up to now, i haven't been able to open the query in Edit mode and
>>> insert a calculated field or column.  Is this possible?
>>>     
>>

I drop the query designer all together. I create all queries in SQL view
with native mode turned on. This way I can use JOINS and all the
functions documented in http://hsqldb.org/web/hsqlDocsFrame.html

Now I discovered something completely new to me. With "simple sources"
(imported from csv, spreadsheet, dBase and alike) I used to use the
query designer or SQL in "non-native" mode. The only function availlable
is COUNT(*) to get the row count. On several occasions I wrote on
oooforum.org that there is no other function availlable with this kind
of data source. I was plain wrong. Switching to native mode you get the
functions described here:
http://dba.openoffice.org/specifications/file_based_functions.html
Well hidden, isn't it?

Now I have a question: Why using non-native mode at all? Is there any
scenario where you need to use that mode? SQL is really simple and I can
edit all SQL in a decent editor easier than in that GUI.


---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reply via email to