On 09/04/2007 08:53 PM, Bob McConnell wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
>> On 09/04/2007 07:45 PM, NoOp wrote:
>>> On 09/04/2007 06:28 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
>>>> I have not checked these links...
>>>>
>>>> http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/*ms*-*access*.pdf
>>>>
>>>> http://dba.openoffice.org/drivers/mdb/index.html
>>>>
>>>> Finally, you might be able to create an ODBC link.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> A connection for the following URL was requested:
>>> sdbc:ado:access:PROVIDER=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;DATA SOURCE=C:\Program
>>> Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Samples\Northwind.mdb
>>>
>>> I've found that it doesn't work under linux any more. Don't know why
>>> (yet). Even if I move the .mdb to a linux drive/directory it still won't
>>> open it. However, it _does_ open in OOo windows.
>> 
>> Added note: from Windows 2.2.1 the sample Northwind.mdb file opens
>> without a single hitch. All the tables are available, etc., etc. This
>> appears to be a linux (and possibly MAC) issue. If I get time tomorrow
>> I'll search the bug database and see if I can find anything.
>> 
>> Tested in linux 2.2.1 & latest 2.3rc1Dev - neither work.
> 
> If you are trying to do this from the shell, the backslashes won't work. 
> Unix shells interpret backslashes to be escape prefixes, so they simply 
> disappear. In addition, most Unix applications will treat the spaces as 
> delimiters, truncating the path. If you are inside an application, then 
> it will depend on whether the application can differentiate between Unix 
> style paths and MS-Windows' extended style. Try it with "C:/Program 
> files/Microsoft Office/Office/Samples/Northwind.mdb" with the double 
> quotes wrapping the path to protect the spaces.
> 
> Bob McConnell
> N2SPP

Thanks but that has nothing to do with it. The message is from Base
directly, and the path is a well identified nfs-3g drive that OOo
(linux) accesses on a daily basis.  As I said in the next post, the same
occurs even if the file(s) on the linux drive and/or path.

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