Hi Sophie, > As I understand it, not every body will want to use Base (HSQLDB > integration) but still want to access their external database (like > MySQL/SQLite/etc.) without using Base (the database environment). > Am I right in using the same word ?
Ehm, well. Terminology is in fact not clear here. There are at least three things: - "Base" is the application, that is, at least the UI for editing database documents (no matter whether they connect to "external" or "internal" databases) - HSQLDB is the engine used when the user asks "Base" to create a self-contained database document. - There's quite some database-related functionality in the other applications. See the "Future Tasks" section in the specification I linked to, to get an idea - it's really more one would expect in the first run :) Whether this particular functionality is part of "Base" or not is debatable. For the data source browser, we decided it *is*. The problem with the "optional Base" feature (which closed in on very short notice only) is that it's in no way clear what a user expects if she disables "Base" in the setup. What should be gone then? The application UI? The integrated engine? The integration into other application? The integration into Writer only, or into Calc only? Caring for *all* potential needs here requires much more fine-grained control during setup than the current "Base on/off" option. As you can see in the "Future tasks" capter, we're at least aware of this :). > Am I right or do I miss something or will it be possible in the future ? No, you're right, there are different use cases, while the current option addresses only one (namely installations where the users should not be able to create/modify database documents of any kind, but only use the ones provided by other parties, and still should have all application-integration). *Whether* and *When* the other use cases will be addressed is not clear (to me) at the moment. It probably depends on how many users/customers think it's necessary :) Ciao Frank -- - Frank Schönheit, Software Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/staroffice - - OpenOffice.org Database http://dba.openoffice.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
