Thanks Andrew, So far, none of the links really strike me as helpful. Sorry, but this is fairly new territory to me.
I had hoped I would find a tutorial something along the lines of: We're going to create a way for users to enter/update data across a few tables in a single transaction. Here's how you do it using macros/BASIC... Here's how you do it using the DB's native capabilities... In order to stop our form from entering the data into each field as we type, we need to do so and so... Now to collect all the data and click submit... How does one prevent the form "inserting" the data "on the fly" - do I use a macro? Should I write a function or procedure on my PGSQL server to run when the user clicks "Submit" in the base form? And how do I get the "Submit" action down to Postgres to run the transaction procedure? I get the commit() function ( http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Database/Using_DBMS_Features). .. But isn't there a "BEGIN" statement? I think what I will do is move my DB forward at its current level and read up on transactions, triggers and procedures - as well as on LO Basic & Macros - so I can implement the transaction stuff later. I bet it's a lot simpler to understand than I think. But having to look in 20 different locations for little pieces of info - and then figure which pieces go where in my problem is more than I really have time for right now. If & when I do figure it out, I'll have to write a tutorial on it for sure. Regards, Don On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 8:56 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak < and...@pitonyak.org> wrote: > The ODF Authors are working on a DB guide, I do not know the current state > of it, have you looked for it (or at it)? > https://wiki.**documentfoundation.org/images/**5/50/BH40-BaseHandbook.odt<https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/5/50/BH40-BaseHandbook.odt> > > These may also be of interest: > > http://wiki.openoffice.org/**wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/** > Database/Using_DBMS_Features#**Transaction_Handling<http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Database/Using_DBMS_Features#Transaction_Handling> > http://wiki.openoffice.org/**wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/** > Database/Using_DBMS_Features<http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Database/Using_DBMS_Features> > http://www.openoffice.org/api/**docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/** > sdbc/TransactionIsolation.html<http://www.openoffice.org/api/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/sdbc/TransactionIsolation.html> > > This document mentions transactions in passing > http://www.baseprogramming.**com/OOBasicDatabaseDev.pdf<http://www.baseprogramming.com/OOBasicDatabaseDev.pdf> > > I do not remember if I discuss transactions at all in AndrewBase.odt > > > On 07/18/2013 04:05 PM, Don Parris wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I have a 4-table DB in PostgreSQL to which I connect using LibreOffice >> Base. I have a form with 2 subforms in place that allows me to: >> Select an existing entity (from the ENTITY table) >> Add a new financial transaction (to the TRANSREC table) >> Add new line items for each transaction (to the TRANSDETAILS table). >> >> I would like to take advantage of PostGRESQL's underlying transaction >> (start, rollback, commit, etc.) to ensure that a given transaction and its >> line items are entered as one single transaction. I just don't know how >> to >> implement that using Base as a front-end. >> >> Maybe I really need something like macros and BASIC or Python to make such >> a thing work? If anyone knows a good tutorial on this subject, I can >> certainly read - just haven't really found anything yet. >> >> >> Thanks! >> Don >> > > -- > Andrew Pitonyak > My Macro Document: > http://www.pitonyak.org/**AndrewMacro.odt<http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt> > Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: > users+unsubscribe@global.**libreoffice.org<users%2bunsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org> > Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/**get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-** > unsubscribe/<http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/> > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.**documentfoundation.org/** > Netiquette <http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette> > List archive: > http://listarchives.**libreoffice.org/global/users/<http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/> > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- D.C. Parris, FMP, Linux+, ESL Certificate Minister, Security/FM Coordinator, Free Software Advocate http://dcparris.net/ <https://www.xing.com/profile/Don_Parris><http://www.linkedin.com/in/dcparris> GPG Key ID: F5E179BE -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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
