From: "Adam Flinton" 

Yup in OpenOffice.

Adam

"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:3e52678c{at}w3.nls.net...
> > 2) go to tools/datasources
>
> In Openoffice?  (I don't have that installed here, but I download it...)
>
> - Bob Comer
>
>
> "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
> news:3e52641f{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Walk in the park....
> >
> > OK
> > 1) Make sure you have the jre installed & the JDBC driver file to hand
> > somewhere on your PC
> > 2) go to tools/datasources
> > 3) Click on the "New Data Source"
> > 4) select the database type of "JDBC" & enter the
URL in the "Data
source
> > URL"
> > 5) Click on the tab marked "JDBC" & fill in the
rest of the details.
> >
> > Job done. If you then want to see the tables etc click on the
"Tables"
tab
> > etc.etc.
> >
> > This is the same on both Windows & Linux. Compare the above to Joe
trying
> to
> > get ODBC running on Linux.
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
> >
> > "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> > news:3e524278{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > Biggest ease of use problem is soluable very easily. It's called
"use
> > > JDBC".
> > >
> > > I've seen very little about how to set up JDBC unfortunately, and for
> ease
> > > of use, we're talking users, not programmers.  I want to see things
> about
> > > how to set up your spreadsheet/wordprocessor/querytools to access data
> via
> > > JDBC.
> > >
> > > - Bob Comer
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Adam Flinton" 
wrote in message
> > > news:3e523646{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > Biggest ease of use problem is soluable very easily. It's called
"use
> > > JDBC".
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Adam
> > > >
> > > > "Joe Barr" 
wrote in message
> > > > news:3e5234d6$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > > OpenOffice.org is more sophisticated and powerful
than I realized.
> It
> > > can
> > > > >  be made to work with various database-management
systems, and it
> can
> > do
> > > > >  the mailmerge functions required by many SOHO
types. Ease-of-use
> > issues
> > > > >  need attention.
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.linuxworld.com/2003/0217.barr.html
> > > > > --
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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