I want XML in general, but unfortunately, it is not that simple with .ods
files. How do you extract and what will you get in the XML? I know in
Windows with .sxc files you do not get simple XML data, you get XML data
with unwanted attributes. This is one of a number of areas in which
OpenOffice fails to match Office Professional, and why organizations like
mine will not switch to OO in a professional setting. OO is a viable
alternative to standard Office, but OO Base does not match Access on the
professional level. 

At home I can get by with this by running my databases in MySQL which has a
simple XML export function. In OO I simply connect to the MySQL data base. 

-----Original Message-----
From: CPHennessy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 5:50 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [users] Export data to XML file

On Mon August 28 2006 20:52, Schultz, Gary - COMM wrote:
> Is there an easy way to export data from a calc spreadsheet or base 
> table/query to XML data? I have to say this is one of the nice things 
> about MS Access, it is extremely easy to export Access tables and 
> queries to simple XML data files. I just don't see a feature this easy 
> to use in OO Base. Problem I'm having, is that MS Access keeps 
> crashing and is almost useless. So, I really need a base table/query 
> to xml data feature. Any suggestions?

Do you already have a predefined XML format or you just want XML in general
?
If it is the later then you can unzip the .ODS file and use the content.xml
file. if it is the later then you need to write some XSLT ( have a look on
http://xml.openoffice.org for more detail).


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