On 07/24/2012 03:06 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
If only it were possible to somehow communicate with people from the various
back-end projects perhaps even ask them to write-up a brief sub-chapter on how
to use their back-end in conjunction with Base. I wonder if any of them know
anything about the use of Sql in their projects.
The BoD want to sit&wait rather than be pro-active about this sort of
collaboration.
Regards from
Tom :)
Actually most users of different backend db will be familiar with the
SQL version of that backend. What users need are two things: a connector
between Base and the backend and instructions on connecting to that backend.
SQL is the standard query language for relational databases so if one
writes queries for a relational database one should know a dialect of
SQL. SQL has a published international standard that db developers
follow. The problem is that each developer will add non-standard
extensions for their db making the resulting code possibly not portable.
An example is loading/exporting data from a file into a database is
defined in the SQL specifications so each db has its extension to do the
same thing. Each extension needs the same information but has a
different syntax for the command.
--- On Mon, 23/7/12, Dan <elderdanle...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Dan <elderdanle...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Re: SQL statement in Base query
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Monday, 23 July, 2012, 22:54
Ferry Toth wrote:
Did you try with another database as a backend? I like postgres as a
backend a lot.
Ferry
I am writing a chapter of the Base Guide that includes using SQL
in the Query Design dialog. Chapter 8 of the Base Guides covers using
HSQLDB 2.2.8, MySQL, and PostgreSQL as back ends. So, I am not there
quite yet. It seems that because Base uses HSQLDB 1.8, it does not
conform with the user guide for the database engine it uses.
When I get to that point, I will need to research how each of
these backends use SQL.
--Dan
Dan schreef op wo 18-07-2012 om 16:40 [-0400]:
Andreas Säger wrote:
On this simple level I would consider HSQLDB as free of bugs whereas the
primitive Base parser fails in many different ways.
Did you try the direct SQL mode (SQL view, menu:Edit>Run SQL directly)? If
you get reasonable result in direct mode, it is one of many bugs in the
Base's SQL parser.
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That is the one thing that I forgot to mention: I get the same
message when using direct SQL mode. I even tried using Tools > SQL, but
with the same message.
--Dan
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