Hi :) Errr, sorry my question looks so rude! I am honestly just curious and wondering if i have been wrong, and giving wrong advice as a result! If i am wrong it wouldn't be hugely unusual but i'd like to be able to give better advice in the future.
One of my main reasons for joining this mailing list in the first place was to learn from others and i feel i have learned quite a lot from the people here over the years but i am aware that i misunderstand quite a lot of things that people say. Regards from Tom :) On 6 April 2017 at 18:27, Tom Davies <tomc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi :) > Ok, so is it just SQLite that is an odd exception or was the general > 'rule' i gave completely wrong? > > I'm under the impression that Base works well with Postgresql, > MySQL/MariaDb, Hsqldb (as an external back-end), Firebird and many/most(??) > others? Also that the kinda default way iof using Base is to use some > external back-end - despite an internal one being hastily thrown on years > ago in order to downgrade Base to be more like Access? > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > On 6 April 2017 at 17:48, toki <toki.kant...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 04/06/2017 07:05 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: >> >> > the main problem with SQLite in relation to its use in LO is its lack >> of strong data typing >> >> Data typing and SQLite are mutually exclusive concepts. >> >> > in SQLite, which doesn't bode well when trying to determine whether the >> > string is a date, a timestamp, a large number, or some other kind of >> >> As far as SQLite is concerned, there is no difference between an >> integer, and an mp4 video file. >> >> For those who don't pay attention to what they are doing, such things >> can have unexpected, and occasionally undesirable results. >> >> There is that fringe minority, that sees such data ambiguity as a virtue. >> >> jonathon >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >> Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-uns >> ubscribe/ >> 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 >> > > -- 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
