[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto Filling Drop Down Boxes

Am 24.09.2011 15:27, Don C. Myers wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> When there have been posts about this or that in Base, generally there
> have been quite a few people who have participated. It may be used more
> than most people realize. Shortly after Base became a part of
> OpenOffice, I converted, successfully, all of my data from Paradox to
> Base. If I had been using Access, it would have been slightly easier.
> Base has been an extremely dependable program for me. The only issue
> I've had is the one with Java. Yes, I'm aware of a couple of bugs, but
> none of those affect me in any meaningful way. I've been using it for
> about 8 years and would not change to anything else since it has worked
> so well for me, and it serves my needs.
>
> Don

I have hardly any Writer or Calc document that is not bound to some type 
of database. At least they include some copied database dump.

All my commercial spreadsheet models use real-world data. I would never 
again store vital data in spreadsheets. Storing record sets in 
spreadsheets has not a single advantage but massive draw backs.
Most of our Writer documents are either db reports or serial letters, 
label print templates, business cards.
I use Draw documents as carriers for external database forms.

What has been introduced under the name "Base" in version 2.0 of OOo is 
completely obsolete. It is broken beyond repair and adds no extra value 
to the office suite.
I would not bother if all of this would be removed very soon, leaving 
the mere connectivity, SQL SELECTs and the data aware forms attached to 
ODF documents as it used to be there in version 1.


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