I would suggest that you start with the user guide. There is alot of information in there about using data sources...
http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/ /paul On 11/2/05, David Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have Microsoft Office Professional 2003 SP2 installed on my computer at > work, which is my church office where I am office administrator. Open > Office 2.0 was recommended to me as a viable alternative to MS Office, and > so far there do not seem to be any problems with the Writer componant, which > is the one I have fished around most in. However, I have had some problems > with the database componant. > > I am running Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600 on a Dell Dimension 2600 with > a 2.8 gigaherz Intel Pentium 4, 1 gig of RAM, and a 145 gig hard drive using > NTFS file system which currently has 124 gig free space. > > I have had two problems. > > The first was encountered trying to create a new database using the new > database wizard. When I got to the end of the 8 steps and clicked finish, > it just sat there. > > The second is more of an issue right now, as it really interferes with the > reason for using OO to begin with. > > I tried this morning to open the MS Access dabase that I do the most work > with, which is the main membership list for our church. It's not a > complicated database at this point in its development. There is only one > table, one form and a couple of queries and reports. Nothing complicated, > yet when I tried to open it, I got the following message: "Connection to > database could not be established. Connection to external data source could > not be established. Unknown error. Driver is probably defective." > > While the writer and presentation componants seem to be in good working > order, it looks like there are still a few glitches in the database module. > > Can you offer any ideas or recommendations? > > Thanks, > > Dave Roth > > PS - I attempted to open another even smaller database - the attendance list > of this summer's vacation Bible school - fewer than 50 records in a flat > file database. I got a window with language information, and then it opened > a writer window with 3,000 pages of garbage in it. > > D. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
