On Friday 27 October 2006 12:04 am, Terry wrote:
> Elizabeth Young wrote:
> > Elizabeth Young wrote:
> >> I have just installed Open Office. I am running Windows XP
> >> version 5.1 w/ service pack 2 installed.
> >>
> >> I am trying to create a database using open office base program.
> >>
> >> This is what I do and the error message I get.
> >>
> >> I use the start menu to find OpenOffice.orgBase and open it.
> >>
> >> I leave the radio buttons on the default "create new database"
> >> and go to the next step, again leaving the radio buttons as is
> >> "yes, register the database for me" and checking "Open the
> >> database for editing".
> >>
> >> I click 'finish' and save it with the exciting title of 'new
> >> database' because I'm just playing here.
> >> All good so far, but when I click on the Tables icon, because I
> >> wish to create a few tables, I get this message:
> >> "The connection to the datasource "New Database" could not be
> >> established"
> >>
> >> Selecting "more" yields
> >>
> >> Error code: -1
> >> java/sql/Savepoint
> >>
> >> I believe that I am not perhaps understanding how this program
> >> works. I expected it to behave rather like Access, as that would
> >> seem to be the analogous program?
> >> Am I supposed to be connecting to something? I did not think so.
> >>
> >> Is there something that I need to patch or otherwise alter in my
> >> Windows setup?
> >> I have spent about 1/2 hour shuffling through the various faqs
> >> on the oo site and even tried a google search to no avail.
> >>
> >> Thanks for reading all that
> >>
> >> Elizabeth Young
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > OK, an update.
> > I uninstalled OpenOffice, and installed the latest and greatest
> > Java 1.5.0_09
> > Reinstalled OpenOffice
> > Same problem.
> > However, in stomping around the menus, I discovered a database
> > called biblio, which seems to have been added as part of the
> > installation. That database seems to work ok.
> >
> > still puzzled
> >
> > Elizabeth Young
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Elizabeth, I do not use Base, but since no one has replied, I'll be
> so bold as to suggest that you may need to register your database
> as a data source before you can do whatever it is that you want to
> do.
>Terry
I am at a loss as to what happened. However, I do have a couple
of questions.
First, have you searched your hard drive for the file "New
Database"? Can you find it?
Secondly, have you checked to make sure that OpenOffice.org (OOo)
knows where your JRE (Java Runtime Environment) is located? To do so,
Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > Java. This will takes a little
time before it lists all of your JRE programs.
Try opening "New Database" afterwards. See if it will work now.
You might also want to look at the chapter on Base in the Getting
Started Guide. It is available for download at
http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors/. While at
that page, browse through the other chapters available there.
Dan
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