On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Mark LaPierre <marklap...@aol.com> wrote:
> <snip> > Hey Alex, > > So what you are saying is that I can create a LO Base DB that references > tables stored in the standalone HSQLDB database with the JDBC connector, > and use that .odb file as a back end to another LO Base DB which acts as > a front end? I've read, and been told on this mail list that LO Base > can't do that. If I could do that I wouldn't need the standalone > HSQLDB, just a plain .odb file with some tables in it. > > I've been trying to get this set up for months with no success. I could > have done all this and more with Microsoft Access in just a few days. > This really shouldn't be this hard. > > I think I need someone to hold my hand through the creation of just one > very simple LO Base DB with just two tables in it. > > > Mark, I think your confusion lies in equating an .odb file with an Access database. The .odb file never contains the data. It is a sort of registry that points to wherever the data is. Thus, Base is the front end, a real database is the back end, and the .odb file serves as the intermediary (to oversimplify). John -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
