On Sat, 2009-07-25 at 21:35 -0400, Jay Kenaga and Melvina Nozick wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jay Kenaga and Melvina Nozick > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 9:32 PM > Subject: Data Base accesss > Please let me clarify the following: > > > I am looking for a simple way to access an existing data base. It is > well-defined, and consists of 1,400 field records. > > I wish to extract only 2-3 fields, perform some simple arithmetic, and > print the result. Is there a simple language to do this, or must I use JAVA > (of which I have no knowlege) ? > > I would appreciate it if somone would point me in the right direction. I > have already down-loaded openoffice successfully. I need a simple set of > instructions--I have had minimal openoffice experience. > > Many thanks, Jay Kenaga, [email protected] >
Hi, OO has some excellent tools for manipulating databases. If you know SQL then this can be used, but there are also in-built methods for querying databases. You don't say what format the database is in, but OO can connect to most formats with varying degrees of ease. The basic "Getting Started" guide is here: http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/userguide3/index.html At that page you can download the chapter on Base, OO's database component. There is also quite useful information in the built-in help facility. I hope this is enough to get you started. You're welcome to post more specific questions on this list and we will try to help. -- God bless you, Keith Bates www.new-life.org.au If you don't have a reason to live JESUS IS THE ANSWER! Ask him into your life today... He really does make a difference
