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Re: [LUG] Open Office & Mysql Connector

 

On Thursday 22 November 2007 18:46, Michael Mortimore wrote:
> I couldn't get it to work with JBDC, I went for the ODBC option.
>
> have a look here: http://www.linux.com/feature/60185
>
> It's not the tutorial I used (can't find it) but it seems to cover it
> well enough. You'll need to find the equivalent packages.
>
> I wasn't particularly happy (no i can't remember why) with
> openoffice's database features so I didn't use it for long. I hope it
> works out for you though.
I haven't used OO for ages but the DB stuff was pretty bad - I put it down to 
people who used DB's to any extent and had the experience to improve it 
didn't want to be there anyway. I dare say it may have improved by now - cant 
find a tutorial that is even vaguely 'relationship aware' tho.
Tom te tom te tom


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