On Thu, 2012-01-26 at 17:09 +0000, Oldlace wrote:
> Maybe I am missing the point <snip>

or not - just downloaded it a second time - it's opening without a
problem now..small difference the first downloaded file is 252K the new
one is 1.5Meg..

//drew

> 
> It has 304 records in the archived books table and  503 in the books table.
> Maybe worth the time for you to try again.
> 
> On 26 January 2012 16:55, drew <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2012-01-26 at 17:30 +0100, Fernand Vanrie wrote:
> > > Scott ,
> > >
> > > this is not a odb file , its comming from a older oo version (1.2) could
> > > be a swx, sxc, sxd, but as far as i know there was no database for 1.2
> >
> > Hi Fernand, Scott,
> >
> > It is, was, an ODF database file it seems.
> >
> > The physical file structure, however, is corrupt.
> >
> > Using zip -FF, two times, gets some parts in readable shape:
> > a couple of forms, well enough to tell the name of the woman that
> > created them, date last edited, etc. That it was created with LibO 3.3
> > on 32bit windows. I can pull the control types, the field names they are
> > attached to, etc. - so one could salvage forms fairly easily, IMO,
> > didn't actually try moving them to a non-corrupt, new, file.
> >
> > The _data_ however - some, or all, may be there, at least there is a
> > 241K block of bytes left after the two forms and manifest.xml and a
> > couple other files are accounted for. However trying to recover any of
> > that would be a rather more laborious endeavor and quite frankly
> > costly...so unless this is some rather valuable stuff..I'd call it a
> > bin_bucket case.
> >
> > For what it's worth if you are still using LibO 3.3 I would really
> > recommend upgrading to 3.4.5 today!
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > //drew
> >
> > > > When I try to open this file: http://db.tt/CN65sXtn
> > > > I am presented with the Filter Selection dialog, from which I choose
> > > > ODF database.
> > > > I next get a 'General Error'.
> > > > Clicking on 'Tables' gives:
> > > >     The connection to the data source "Books' could not be established.
> > > >     The driver class " could not be loaded.
> > > > Clicking More gives three errors
> > > > The connection to the data source "Books' could not be established.
> > > >     Error code: 1000  The driver class '' could not be loaded.
> > > >     SQL Status: HY000   The driver class '' could not be loaded.
> > > >
> > > > and the file remains inaccessible.
> > > >
> > > > One day the file worked and saved without problem. The next day it
> > > > does not open on any machine.
> > > >
> > > > A similar database opens without problem.
> > > >
> > > > Is there a way to recover this file?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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