Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base and SQL problems

Hi :)
Yes, i normally have 3 or 4 fields/columns for names with another field/column 
at the front for id/key.  So, 

id/key
title (Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms, Dr etc)
Name1st
NameMid
NameLast
Then a Query that merges the name fields in a few different ways so it's easy to 
get the into forms and stuff.

I had assumed that the example given was not the real columns/fields being 
used.  Sometimes it's difficult to give people a reasonable example of what you 
are trying to do i guess :)
Regards from
Tom :)




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From: Francois M <francoismalias-forum@yahoo.fr>
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Mon, 20 June, 2011 13:45:39
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base and SQL problems

Alexander Thurgood <alex.thurgood <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Le 20/06/11 02:56, Denis Poitras a écrit :
>
> Hi Denis,
>
> > (excuse my english, I speak french)
>
> You know, we have a French user mailing list too...
>
> > The problem is  in Propriety list zone on the data tab, for list content, 
on the form, to concatenate PREFIX
> FIRSTNAME FAMILY NAME, I have this:
> > SELECT "PREFIX"."Prefix" || ' ' || "PRENOMS"."Prenom" || ' ' ||
"NOMS"."Nom", "PERS"."Idpp" FROM "PERS"
> >  LEFT JOIN "PREFIX" ON "PREFIX"."Cprefix" = "PERS"."PREFIXC"
> >  LEFT JOIN "PRENOMS" ON "PRENOMS"."Cpr" = "PERS"."PRENOMC"
> >  LEFT JOIN "NOMS" ON "NOMS"."Idnom" = "PERS"."NOMC"
> > ORDER BY "NOMS"."Nom"
> >
> > It's work but each time I quit this base and reopen it, Base keep only the
first line of this sql things...
> >
>
> Sounds like a bug. I'm a bit surprised that you don't use an ALIAS for
> your SELECT CONCAT statement - have you tried with an ALIAS and did it
> make any difference ?
>
> i.e. SELECT "PREFIX"."Prefix" || ' ' || "PRENOMS"."Prenom" || ' ' ||
> "NOMS"."Nom" AS 'NOMCOMPLET'
>
> There may also be an issue with the SQL parser that is built-in to LibO.
>
> Alex

Denis,
I don't really understand your base set up: usually, it is not needed (and not
recommended) to have id, forename, surname within separate tables. As far as I
understood what you described in this query, one single table "PERS" may contain
id, forename, name fields (or "columns"), that would make your task much easier.
Perhaps should you describe what you are willing to achieve and where data are
coming from?
Hope this may help.
Francois


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