On Thursday 03 November 2005 03:09 am, Verner Kjærsgaard wrote:
> Onsdag 02 november 2005 19:51 skrev Dan Lewis:
> > On Wednesday 02 November 2005 12:36 pm, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote:
> > > G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
> > > >On Wed, 2005-11-02 at 12:00 -0600, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote:
> > > >>Is OOo 2.0 furnished with a complete database feature or only a front
> > > >>end, requiring Mysql or some such database application?
> > > >
> > > >Yes but it needs a working JRE.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the help. So, I'll need Mysql (or do you recommend another
> > > back end?). As to JRE, does Java Runtime come with SuSE and get
> > > loaded on boot up?
> >
> > SuSE probably includes JRE. However, OOo 2.0 seems to require the
> > 1.5 version of JRE (also known as version 5.0). Using JRE 1.4.2 causes
> > some unnecessary crashes and other problems in OOo 2.0. The latest
> > version of JRE is available at: www.java.com.
> > When JRS answered your question with a yes, he was saying that OOo
> > 2.0 can be used as the front end to a database such as MySQL AND it has
> > its own relational database using the HSQL database engine. More
> > information on how to use it is in the manual you have.
> >
> > Dan
>
> Hi Dan and list,
>
> - What manual ?
>
> - I have looked just about everywhere, I can find lots of how-to and
> documentation to OO - only not anything covering the use of the built-in DB
> feature of OO?
>
> Any directions are most appreciated, thank you in advance!
The OP (original poster) has a copy of the Getting Started Guide. It is
available at
http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html.
I also have a draft copy of Getting Started with Base on my web site:
http://www.delewis.com/OOo/GettingStartedWithBase_DL_26Oct05.odt
Dan
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