On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:09:05 -0400
Drew Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo:

> > I do know about File > Templates > Organize (I have created a lot of my
> > own Writer templates for various purposes), but I can't find the report
> > template. Where is it?

> Well, now I am confused - I thought you where using the Report Builder 
> when you mentioned the headers and footers, but then you mention styles 
> and those are in  Report Wizard. Two totally different packages - but 
> since Report Builder doesn't use styles ( least not that you can get to 
> in the UI ) I'll assume it is the Report Wizard.
> 
> I'll try to help if I can., but I have one question. Could you just 
> describe the report you want to produce? - I still have a copy of a 
> database with a table structure based on our earlier exchange and if you 
> could tell me what you are trying to make I might be able to suggest 
> Report Wizard or Report Builder as the way to go.
> 
> If the best tool is Report Builder then you might just want to wait for 
> a few more days, version 1.0.2 will be released simultaneously with OOo 
> 2.4 and if you upgrade both packages together it clears a whole 
> multitude of bugs and adds a number features that, from the sounds of 
> things, you could make use of. For example a pretty good re-work of the 
> Query analyzer. ( just upgrading one package and not the other doesn't 
> help really, you need to do both )

First, I resolved the problem myself. A local friend who knows SQL well helped 
me concatenate my four queries into one using the following syntax:

SELECT ( SUBSTR( "QuestionCode", 1, 9 ) ) AS "Category", Count(*) AS "Count", 
Min( SUBSTR( "QuestionCode", 10, 3 ) ) AS "Minimum", Max( SUBSTR( 
"QuestionCode", 10, 3 ) ) AS "Maximum" FROM "MainBank"
  GROUP BY ( SUBSTR( "QuestionCode", 1, 9 ) )

I post that only in case someone else needs to figure out how to do multiple 
selects in the same query. 

Having created the above query, I used that with the Report Wizard and now have 
my report perfectly created. I still had to do a lot of reformatting of the 
form, so it would be nice if I could find where the Wizard gets its information 
for how the page should look and be formatted. It appears to be coming from a 
template somewhere. For example, it creates the report on a landscape page with 
all kinds of headers and footers that I don't want. I don't mind that it has 
presets formats and objects, I just want to change what they are.

However, for future reference, where is the Report Builder? All I can find is 
the Wizard. I am loolking at the main window of the database where you see four 
icons on the left: Tables, Queries, Forms and Reports. Clicking on Reports 
gives you the (only) option of creating a report with the Wizard. From what you 
say it sounds as though the Report Builder might be a better tool for me, but 
where might it be lurking?

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