Bottom post On Saturday 17 September 2005 09:43 pm, Fred Frazelle wrote: > Dear Pablo -- > > Thanks a lot for your indications. i checked them out and they > would be great for someone with quite a bit of computing skill and > knowledge but one of the things i´m hoping to see with this new > version of OO is something simple enough that a straightforward left > join can be established on two tables which have been created through > the Oo interface, a query made up which brings up the info from both > tables and which would also allow you to begin inputting information > or which could serve as the base upon which you could create forms > and reports. The instructions which i read still require, however > little, some code writing (not to mention understanding of what is > going on behind the scenes) and i´m afraid the managers in my office > aren´t all that interested in sending my co-workers to classes in > Postgresql or HSQL programming just to be able to set up a couple of > related tables input the info and run some queries on them. Gee, i > had no idea it would be this tough... > > Anyway, Have a nice evening! :-) > > Pablo Lachmann wrote: > > Hi! > > > > Am 17.09.2005 um 17:19 schrieb Fred Frazelle: > >> Val, have you added any data to the tables yet and if so, how > >> have you done this? i have been trying to do this for several > >> months now by creating the two tables and then creating a query > >> upon which to base my input form and reports but when i go to try > >> and input the first row, the query comes up blank -- there is no > >> first row from the left join of the two tables. If i create a > >> form based on the query, no data can be input into the fields. > > > > I don't know if I understood you correctly, but do you have two > > tables and want to insert some data in both of them? If this is > > what you intend, check the following tutorial: > > > > http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/data_source/link_tableht > >ml/ > > link.html#9.Creating%20a%20Form%20for%20the%20Data%20Source|outline > > (one line) > > > > First I tried to use a query for my form, but I could not edit any > > data. The way it is described in the tutorial works for me. > > > > Gruesse, Pablo If you are using one of the 1.9.x developer snapshots, have you tried using "View" in the "Table" section?
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