Let me start by saying that I am not a DB expert and, although I have
done significant work using DB and using transactions, I have not done
so using Base or LO in general.
More comments in-line.
On 07/19/2013 04:31 PM, Don Parris wrote:
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...
For all of my use cases, none of this has mattered, so I never
considered it. I assume that you need to set "autocommit" to off on the
connection.
setAutoCommit(False):
Enable (True) or disable (False) a connection's auto-commit mode. In
auto-commit mode, all SQL statements are executed and committed as
individual transactions. Otherwise, SQL statements are grouped into
transactions that are terminated by a call to either commit() or
rollback(). A commit occurs when a statement completes or the next
execute occurs, whichever comes first. If a result set is obtained, the
statement completes when the last row from the result set is retrieved
or the result set is closed.
So, I assume that you would simply set auto commit to false, and then,
when you are finished, call "commit()" on the transaction. Sadly, I have
no idea at all if the Form's behavior will over-ride what you do and
issue a commit as you fill in each sub-form.
I have no idea if you need to consider "Deferrability" in all this
(deferrability is related to foreign constraints).
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
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