All this is true, but you might want to consider if you really want to use the built-in HSQLDB database for serious stuff. It is all java, which will never be really fast. Even with the java issues solved.
With an external database you can avoid using the jdbc driver and instead use the SDBC driver. With debian and ubuntu (oneric, since yesterday) the postgresql sdbc driver (>0.8) has been included which gives GOOD results with postgresql serves >= 8.4. (thank you, Lionel) Windows users will need to wait until someone make the driver available as an extension. See http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/PostgreSQL-SDBC I have also tried the native mysql connector which works fast, but still has some issues (I did not get autonum fields to work, but that may be just me, also headache with special characters (unicode translation problems) ). Ferry jowyta schreef op do 13-10-2011 om 16:54 [+0100]: > Hello > > This topic has rather hijacked my question about base and external data > tables so I am starting a separate thread. > > I am well aware of the problem, as summarised here: > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Base > > The current workaround involves using an older version of openjdk-jre. > (Not straightforward, as far as I can tell, if using Debian testing - > yes, I know I could get Java from elsewhere) > > However, base needs to work with up to date Java, in other words some > bug fixing needs doing. For this reason I have asked a question on > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice . > > It seems to me that for the OpenJDK people to be able to sort out this > problem they need to know what it is about Java that is affecting base > so badly. And we are not dependent on Oracle as far as I can see, > OpenJDK is an open source project and anyone can join in. > > So if anyone thinks they know which change in openjdk has caused this > problem or how to find out I would like them to head over to the > development mailing list and contribute there. (And thanks, Alex, for > your suggestion that it may have something to do with accessibility and > reminding us that many of the developers are currently at the > LibreOffice annual conference.) > > John > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org 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
