Hi Drew, > You can connect to an Access Database as a data source, but you are not > able to make much if any use of major parts of the data (beyond the > tables) held in the MS Access file.
Could you explain please (I don't know Access very well at all)? > Some of the things that the manual should point out, IMO, queries will > be viewed in Base as either tables or views - this means that users are > often befuddled as to why some Access table will not take updates - Is this an Access specific issue? > Queries in MS Access support features for which there are NO equivalents > in Base, without resorting to scripting. Like what? And is this an Access specific thing? > Forms in MS Access support features for which there are NO equivalents > in Base, and you likely would need C++ code to duplicate those, forget > the scripting. > The same can be said for reports. I can imagine this is the case, but could you say what features these are? > MS Access supports the ability to connect to multiple data sources, > another 'feature' for which there is NO equivalent in Base or > LibreOffice for that matter. Or in several dbms engines either. > Anyway - I would, if I where actually doing this and so I it's my call, > include some information about the issue with queries being picked up as > 'views' as this bites a lot of people..beyond that, it's likely FAQ type > stuff, IMO. Or "hints" p'raps? Mark Stanton One small step for mankind... -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
