-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Carlos E. R. wrote: > > The Sunday 2007-09-16 at 19:16 +0200, primm wrote: > >> The frontend to MySQL is just wonderful. Have to have it. The report >> creation >> is almost there too. Dragging to create relationships is better than Access >> Can't swap now. . . > > Rekall or OOo base? > > Because in OOo I can't use tables with relations in read/write mode, only > read.
Nope, I can do data entry without too much of a problem from the database view. Clunks a bit however.... > > I can create a "View" like this from two tables: > > Books Authors > ------- --------- > Book_ID +---> Author_ID > Title | Author > Author_ID -+ > Got something which does something similar.... > If I open the "Books" table, I see "Author_ID" by number. I can create a > view, and see "Title" and "Author", in what OOo names "views", but they > are read only. Further more, once created the view, I can't go back and > change/add relations, it shows a different view of it, one that shows only > "Title" and "Author" as Text[Varchar], but not where they come from and > their relations, as if it were a new table. > > Useless. :-( Not entirely..., Main gripe is that under the hood is some OpenOffice scripting... but the documentation for the scripting language is to put it at its politest sparse the last time I looked at it .... There are somethings I would like to do (e.g. put in a template selector for a default template) and do something about path handling so I do not have to create different versions of the same template for Windows and LInux. > > - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG7jojasN0sSnLmgIRAg7RAJ97OeawBpQ7I9+Gp3LCXzgl+wUq2QCfQN/9 lUcax0YO2GUc61/1GH7baBw= =pAyS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
