On 02/24/2007 06:31 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:33:57 -0800 (PST) > TerryJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > >> > the field names are messed up. So the database is corrupt. However, >> > just in case there is something wrong with the way 2.0.4 Base opens a >> > table created in 2.0.2 Base, here is a copy of the database that I >> > uploaded several months ago: >> > >> > http://web.pdx.edu/~johj/ >> > >> > I downloaded it but I get the same results. If someone else downloads >> > it and also finds that the field names are messed up, then we will know >> > it is just a case of a corrupted database and not a problem with the >> > OOo Base code. > >> I downloaded the document linked as "This is the database file linked to the >> .odt file above and needed to open it". When I click on "Tables" in the >> left panel, I get "The connection to the data source ... cannot be >> established. Unable to create a content for the URL given". The error is >> "Invalid URL: file:///home/jjj/documents". >> >> I regret that I do not know what to change to remedy that. I tried >> registering the document as a data source but that didn't do it. Do I need >> to download the other documents? > > You shouldn't need any other documents, just the New Database.odb file. > If you have any OOo component open (Writer, Base, etc.) you should be > able to click on Open and browse to where it is in your download > directory. It should open in a new Base window. In fact, if you see the > New Database.odb file in your file browser (Nautilus, Konqueror, > Windows Explorer) and you double-click on it, it should just open in a > new OOo Base window. > > Once you have it open in an OOo Base window, click on the Tables icon > and it should display Test_Table. That's the part that is evidently > corrupt. > > If you downloaded the test_form.odt document, that is a Writer document > with form controls linked to New Database.odb. So the test_form.odt > document will complain about not finding New Database.odb.
No, it doesn't work that way. The Base file contains an implicit link to the file in your '/home/jjj/documents" directory for the queries & forms! One needs to change the directory to point to where they have it stored on their own system; i.e., /home/username/whatever. Of course the file will "open" but you cannot connect for queries & forms unless you tell it the new path... at least that is what happens on my system - perhaps someone with Base experience can advise otherwise? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
