Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: save binary files in MySQL DB via libreoffice base

Hi :)
Another excellent resource worth listing on the wiki?
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications
Regards from
Tom :)

--- On Tue, 29/11/11, Alexander Thurgood <alex.thurgood@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Alexander Thurgood <alex.thurgood@gmail.com>
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: save binary files in MySQL DB via libreoffice base
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Tuesday, 29 November, 2011, 7:08

Le 28/11/11 22:34, Andre Charbonneau a écrit :

Hi Andre,

> But it seems that the form creation wizard assigns an image file input
> control to the blob type, which only allows me to select files of image
> type (extension).
> So I tried changing it to a simple file selector control, but I can't
> seem to be able to attach that control to a column in my database (i.e.,
> there is no 'data' tab on the control properties).
>
> So now I'm stuck... :-(
>
> Anyone had a similar issue before and might point me in the right
> direction?

BLOB/CLOB support via the LibreOffice (and OOo) UI/API is...incomplete.
As you have found out, direct support only extends to image files.
Saving and retrieving a datastream in a user friendly way
requires...patience and some degree of programming knowledge.

You'll probably want to look at Andrew Pitonyak's Base macro programming
guide, but I can also recommend Roberto Benitez' book called :

Database Programming with OpenOffice.org Base & Basic


And, if you read French, Laurent Godard/Bernard Marcelly's book called :

Programmation OpenOffice.org

Now take a deep breath, and dive in...

Alex




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