Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: CURRENT_DATE or TODAY default date in Base

Hi,

When I created my forms about 8 years ago, the OpenOffice Base tutorial 
then recommended the use of the drop down date field. It isn't as nice 
as having a date automatically entered, but it is relatively convenient.

On 08/30/2011 05:55 AM, John Mullen wrote:
> Thanks Alex,
>
> at least the dropdown in the form Date field has a "TODAY" option saving the
> user a little time
>
> Regards
>
> John
>
> On 30 August 2011 10:31, Alexander Thurgood<alex.thurgood@gmail.com>  wrote:
>
> > Le 30/08/11 11:18, John Mullen a écrit :
> >
> > Hi John,
> >
> > > have tried this but although the Status window in the  Execute SQL
> > Statement
> > > Dialog Box reports "1: Command successfully executed." there has been no
> > > change to the table.
> > The command Andreas gave you updates the table definition so that the
> > next time you enter a set of data into the table, whether by editing the
> > table view directly or via a form, it should input the current date
> > automatically.
> >
> > If this is what you have already tried, and it is not working, then I
> > would surmise that it may possibly be linked to this bug :
> >
> > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38337
> >
> >
> > for which there is currently no remedy...
> >
> > Alex
> >
> >
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