On 19/01/2015, at 4:43, Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote:
> Step 4 is 'Save and Proceed' which is where my choices do not produce the
> result I expect.
>
> The top portion of the dialog box has 2 radio buttons: do I want to
> register the database with Base? I assume so, but the help button moves the
> open firefox to that virtual desktop and presents a page with no
> information. What are the effects of registering and not registering the
> database with Base?
It is a good idea to register the database as then the data is accessible to
the Writer and Calc programs under "View Data Source"
The DATABASE terminology confusion!!!!
The problem is the "Database" terminology. Unfortunately there are two times
the word Database gets used, once when you create a database such as SQLlite or
MySQL, etc. and once when you create a 'front end" to your database.
LibreOffice Base can be a database!! but in your case the database is SQLlite
and the LibreOffice Base is just a way of working with the data from the
SQLlite database.
When you save the newly created connection to the database by giving your Base
file a name you are in fact creating the front end, NOT a database!!
So once you save this "front end" file and open it you will find all your
SQLlite tables, views, procedures, etc. displayed in the front end and you can
then edit or work with the data in the SQLlite database.
If your connection to the database is good you can now control the input and
extracion of data using your Base front end.
Hope this all makes sense?
SO go ahead register your "database" (which in fact is registering the Base
front end) and when asked to save the new file you can give it any name you
like as you are saving the "front end" to your PC.
For instance I have a real database on a MySQL server called "sanmadb" , the
front end (in Base) on my laptop is called "Sanma Central Database".
The accountants base front end is called "Sanma Finances" but both front ends
connect and get their data from the same MySQL database ("sanmadb").
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