On Thu, 2011-10-06 at 10:26 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Is this a 1st attempt at moving away from Windows and MS Office at the > same time? > > If the database was an Access database then the Queries, Forms and > Reports don't translate easily and need to be re-created. The data in > the Tables should be Ok and any relationships between the tables is > likely to be ok (i would check that).
> You might be able to translate the Queries by going back into Access > and view them as Sql statements and then copy&paste those into notepad > and from there into Base. Access's Sql is quirky so it might be > better to just re-create the Queries from scratch. The problem with SQL is that all versions generally implement most of the current standard but always the same parts - bad enough and more irritating extend SQL with their own extensions which are often not support by anyone else. All the database developers do this, even the FOSS developers. > > Moving away from Windows does kinda force you into leaving MS Office > but it's often a good idea to stay in Windows a bit longer and just > get > used to the programs first before migrating. LibreOffice is a crucial > part of that, along with Firefox/Opera/Chrome instead of IE and > Thunderbird/Evolution/Claws for emailing. > > A lot of programs written > for Windows do work in Gnu&Linux using Wine (Wine Is Not an > Emulator (it uses a more sophisticated approach)) but MS Office, > Outlook (and Outlook Express) and Internet Explorer are 3 that don't > work well. > > > Rgards from > Tom :) > > > --- On Wed, 5/10/11, planas <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: planas <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] data base program > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, 5 October, 2011, 15:11 > > Chaim, > > On Wed, 2011-10-05 at 13:57 +0200, Chaim Seymour wrote: > > > Hi all > > > > I set up Fedora 15 on my second computer and the Libre Office is included. > > > > As a fountain pen collector, I started building a database for my > > collection. I defined the fields and built a table. I started filling the > > table, but wanted to add an extra field. To my surprise, the structure of > > the db had disappeared. The table works. I can add items and alphabetize. > > > > Can one go back and rebuild the db structure from the table and if so how > > does one do it? > > > > Right click on the table and select edit and you will see the table > design. Make your changes, adding new columns should not cause any > problems with data integrity and save. When open the database for data > entry you will see the new column. > > > Thanks > > > > Chaim > > > > -- > > Chaim Seymour > > David Elazar 8 > > Givat Shemuel 54032 > > Israel > > tel: 972-3-5320560 > > > > > > -- > Jay Lozier > [email protected] > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > -- Jay Lozier [email protected] -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
