Re: [libreoffice-users] Connecting libreoffice calc to existing sqlite database file

[Simon Cropper <simoncropper@fossworkflowguides.com>]

On 22/05/12 22:29, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> I think posting to both lists is a good idea.  Hopefully someone can sort this and it's definitely something that a few of us would be interested in hearing the answer to.  We don't often hear about that particular back-end but it sounds about perfect for quite a few scenarios.
> Good luck and regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
> --- On Mon, 21/5/12, Jonathan Ryshpan<jonrysh@pacbell.net>  wrote:
>
>
> From: Jonathan Ryshpan<jonrysh@pacbell.net>
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Connecting libreoffice calc to existing sqlite database file
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Monday, 21 May, 2012, 17:34
>
>
> On Sun, 2012-05-20 at 01:48 +0200, Mirosław Zalewski wrote:
> > Sorry about pointing to another thread, but you may find this useful.
> > Poster
> > there managed to connect OpenOffice with sqlite file. I believe the
> > same should
> > work for LO.
> > Link:
> > http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=9905
> >
> > As far as I can tell, you will need (aside from LO, of course)
> > unixodbc and
> > libsqliteodbc packages. At least that's how they are called in Debian;
> > I don't
> > know about Fedora, but perhaps they have similar names.
> Thanks very much for the pointer.  I attempted to follow the
> instructions, installing the SQLite ODBC Driver, but I have installation
> problems. (If you configure wrong, an attempt to access a database will
> lock up your system so badly that you need to reboot).
>
> My particular system runs KDE, which requires iodbc for many
> applications, so that is what I am using for the database interface.
> Iodbc has two kinds of configuration files in two places, namely:
>          /etc/odbc.ini
>          /etc/odbcinst.ini
>          ~/.odbc.ini
>          ~/.odbcinst.ini  (maybe not used)
> The iodbc web site has info about ~/.odbc.ini, and by implication
> about /etc/odbc.ini, which contains (I believe) default info; but it has
> nothing about /etc/odbcinst.ini.  Can someone enlighten me about the
> relation about these files and what they are used for?
>
> jon

Hi Guys,

Just chimed into this conversation. Not sure if this may help.

I have managed to get sqlite to work with libreoffice on Ubuntu. Didn't 
do much with it as it was primarily a case of verifying it could be 
done. I am still looking for a easy method of populating the sqlite 
tables and analyzing the data, so this project has stalled somewhat.

I did take notes however so I could work on the method at a later date.

Here are my notes for what they are worth. Note I tested this using an 
earlier version of Ubuntu and libreoffice but it should still work.

From memory, where most people become unstuck is they don't read the 
feedback provided when 'making' the odbc driver. Errors appear if you 
are missing a dependency -- read all messages carefully, install any 
dependencies, rerun the make until it completes the install : IT HAS 
WORKED when the drivers are registered.

If this step does not work you need to go to the sqlite forums and ask why.

Anyway I hope the following notes help

****** MY NOTES, IN PREP FOR TUTORIAL *******

Most of software in Ubuntu 10.04 can not directly access SQLite 
Databases and it is necessary to install unixODBC plus the SQLite Driver.

Installation of the unixODBC package <http://www.unixodbc.org/> can be 
easily done from the Ubuntu Software Centre. The website provides a link 
to the appropriate driver maintained by Carl Weirner.

Installation of the SQLite ODBC Driver 
<http://www.ch-werner.de/sqliteodbc/> is a little more involved.

The website provides a link to the appropriate linux download 
<http://www.ch-werner.de/sqliteodbc/sqliteodbc-0.88.tar.gz>. Download 
this file and extract the directory to a folder.

Open a terminal within the sqliteodbc-0.88 directory and run the 
following commands.

    ./configure
    sudo make install

Check that the drivers have been registered in /etc/odbcinst.ini. The 
configuration settings required for this file are outlined in the 
../sqliteodbc-0.88/README file. My installation did not require any 
changes as the odbcinst.ini file was correctly configured.

In order to have Ubuntu see you odbc database change the ~/.odbc.ini 
file so it includes the following data.

     [mysqlitedb]
     Description=My SQLite test database
     Driver=SQLite3
     Database=/path/to/the/sqlite/database.sqlite3
     # optional lock timeout in milliseconds
     Timeout=2000

You should now be able to see the database in LibreOffice Base or other 
packages that can use ODBC drivers.

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