[libreoffice-users] Re: Writing programs for Base

Since Base is not a database program, the first thing to know would be the
actual database to be used. An embedded HSQLDB is only one option, good
enough for simple demos and drafts but you don't really want to develop
anything serious for that.

Every "common database" (MySQL, Postgre,... and HSQLDB too) provides access
to external text tables by means of database structures pulling their
content from plain text files.
You can create a view which selects the wanted records from the text table
in the right order of columns.
In Base you can drag or copy the view icon over the target table's icon and
hit "Create".
A set of example files dealing with csv, Base and Calc:
http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=100&t=23727
[Example] Loading CSV into preformatted spreadsheets  
Files #1 and #2 resemble a text file linked to a (embedded) HSQLDB, editable
through an input form on a (embedded) Writer document.

Using some "common database", any "common scripting language" can update the
database with very few lines of code. No 350MB office suite required for
that.


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