On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 00:15, Alaios wrote: > what a front-end is? And what OO1.1.0 provides?
MySQL is a database server and a front-end is another program that you use to get to that server and use the database. OpenOffice is a complete office software package (word processor, spreadsheet, ...) that also has a database interface. You can check it out at www.openoffice.org -Marc > > Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I'm using OpenOffice 1.1.0 as a front-end to MySQL > 4.0.14 on Gentoo > Linux and can't compare a field to CURDATE(). The error is, "The field > cannot be compared with a date". The column is formatted as a DATE, and > I can perform the compare fine using mysql. > > I realize this is probably related only to OpenOffice, and not a mysql > problem, but I haven't gotten any answers on the OOo lists. So I'm > hoping some kind soul on the mysql/myodbc lists might have experienced > this and have an answer. > > Thanks for any ideas. > > -- > Marc -- Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]