Rob Clement wrote:
Barbara Duprey wrote:
Rob Clement wrote:
Hi

I wonder if you can help me. I am trying to read an Access 2007 database
from OpenOffice 3.1 on a computer running MS Windows Vista SP2

I am getting an error "The connection to the data source xxxx could not
be established. Function sequence error" (where xxxx is the name of the
openoffice base I have chosen to use.)

You will probably get the most useful information from the Wiki page http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/MSA-Base_Faq. It has a good description of how to make this work, what the limitations are, and so on.

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Barbara

That was an extremely helpful link. It helped me to find the OpenOffice Wiki on "Connecting to Microsoft Access". The example is from Windows XP and where I am coming unstuck is in the "additional initializations for the OLE DB provider". The example for mdb is helpful as a pointer but there is something I cannot find that needs to be entered in the all tab of the data link properties of the ADO database that I cannot find on the Microsoft site or any other that I have searched in Google.

As soon as I click OK for the setup of the ADO database, in spite of the fact that I have entered my database location, I cannot get the Datsource URL to be displayed or the Next button to be usable.

I feel I am a little closer but not there yet.

thanks

Rob
Hi, Rob, glad that link gave you some more help.

It sounds as if you're using the ADO connection type for an Access 2007 database, right? Have you already tried the connection that's specifically for Access 2007 (bottom of the connection type list, on my OOo 3.0.1/VistaHP setup)? I don't have any such databases to play with, but that may work better, if you haven't already tried it.

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