I hesitated to reply to this thread because I don't use LO's native Base,
HSQL, but rather, for the last 3 years, I have been using H2SQL, which is
proving much more robust that HSQL. But I guess that Base is designed to
be the front end for all the major databases, so here is my contribution.
My usage is -
Writer 2%
Calc 1% For importing data into databases
Impress 1%
Base 96%
Draw 0%
I have used Base to create 6 different databases -
- 3 are Membership/Contact systems for -
- Good News Radio
- U3A (University of the Third Age - for the over 50's)
- A Church Roll
- An accounting system for not for profit organisations. (Also used for
our private accounts)
- A shopping List (featuring aisle numbers - 6.5 = half way down aisle
6)
- An automated Sunday morning duties Roster for church
So I guess I have specialised in fairly narrow part of LO. Happy to share
details of any of the above if anyone is interested.
Noel
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On 14 May 2014 04:29, Dan Lewis <elderdanle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 05/13/2014 11:25 AM, Virgil Arrington wrote:
>
>>
>> On 05/13/2014 10:16 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I think it is helping because it helps us understand what kind of level
>>> of expertise we can expect from certain posters. So when i try to answer
>>> questions about Calc, or Base there are clearly limits on how much i
>>> understand or have stumbled through myself.
>>>
>>
>> That was part of my thought process in asking the question. In the past,
>> for example, we have discussed the relative merits of paragraph styles.
>> Some of us love them; some of us hate them. My (totally unscientific) guess
>> is that styles lovers will tend to be primarily Writer users and styles
>> haters will tend to be primarily Calc users (or Base, but it seems that
>> *nobody* primarily uses Base).
>>
> Actually, no one has yet to respond that primarily uses Base. You
> would probably say that I don't either considering the amount of time that
> I use Writer. Yet, my primary use of LibreOffice is writing what should
> become the future Base Guide. I am also experimenting with Base to see all
> of the things that it can do.
> Then there are the personal uses I have for Base. The purpose of a
> database is to store data and then access or manipulate the date to obtain
> information that is needed. Just some of the databases that I use includes
> Bible study, schedules, grocery lists, medical tests, financial (income and
> expenses), calories consumed (amount by food type, record of the over a
> period of time), and utility consumption including statistics about it. the
> queries in these databases can reveal quite a bit of information.
>
> --Dan
>
>
>
> If I know that a user is a 95% Calc user, then it will do me little good
>> to try to convince them to set up a bunch of Writer paragraph styles. They
>> don't have time for that, just like I don't have time to learn the power
>> moves of Calc--I just don't use it enough to justify that type of
>> investment.
>>
>> So, as we discuss various topics, it will helpful (at least for me) to
>> know that awe for the power of Writer may not be shared by one who
>> emphasizes Calc.
>>
>> It also underscores for me the immensity of our office suite. To make it
>> do wonderful things, we must learn it, but it's like trying to comprehend
>> the universe. I doubt that any single human being truly understands it,
>> which is why a list like this is so helpful (aspergers, OCD and all).
>>
>> Virgil
>>
>>
>
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