To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=42610 Issue #:|42610 Summary:|Base gives cryptic error message when autonumber is |selected Component:|Database access Version:|680m77 Platform:|PC URL:| OS/Version:|Windows 2000 Status:|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard:| Keywords:| Resolution:| Issue type:|DEFECT Priority:|P3 Subcomponent:|none Assigned to:|msc Reported by:|vreid47362
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Feb 12 05:18:05 -0800 2005 ------- The database application gives the following error message: "Error while connecting to the data source Wrong data type: jobid in statement [CREATE TABLE "Table2" ("jobid" NUMERIC(50) NOT NULL IDENTITY)" I received this message while creating a new table in the new native OpenOffice Database. I had picked a data type of numeric for a field, set it to auto-number, and set it as the primary key when I got this error message. After receiving this error message, I was able to change the data type to bigint and with auto-numbering and set it as primary key and OpenOffice then created the table. If the new OpenOffice database application cannot create auto-number primary keys with a data type of numeric, then the error message needs to be less cryptic and better explain what is going on. For example, an error message with wording similar to the following would be much easier for an office worker to understand: "You have chosen options that the OpenOffice database cannot implement. Please choose an integer data type if you wish to use auto-numbering with a primary key." If this is an error in the database application, it needs to be fixed because I think most people will choose numeric as an auto-number primary key. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]