James E. Lang wrote:
Oh, dear!
I just read elsewhere that OOo does not include a database engine but rather
that OOo uses a standard interface to an external database engine. I was
assuming that there was a database engine within OOo. This probably explains my
problem in that I have not first configured OOo to use an external database
engine.
OpenOffice.org 1.x.x does not include a database engine, but in
OOo 2.0 (still in beta, but stable) there is a database engine
integrated into it, even though it was not developed by the
OOo team. It is HSQLDB. Its integration into OOo was done by
a joint effort of the OOo team and the HSQL team.
<http://hsqldb.org>
Where can I find information about how to configure OOo to make use of a
database package? I am just getting started designing and building my first
database application which is for my personal use.
If you are going to build your application in OOo, I see no reason
why you couldn't use OOo2.0beta2 and its integrated HSQLDB. Many
DBMSs were evaluated for this project and HSQLDB was chosen for
its superior performance. Even though it is written in Java, it
outperformed Mysql, PostgreSQL, and several others. I have used
it in several Java applications I have written, and it is really
lightning fast.
--
Dale Erwin
Salamanca 116
Pueblo Libre
Lima 21 PERU
Tel. +51(1)461-3084
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