Re: [libreoffice-users] No longer able to open a ODB file

On Thu, 2012-01-26 at 17:30 +0100, Fernand Vanrie wrote:
> Scott ,
>
> this is not a odb file , its comming from a older oo version (1.2) could 
> be a swx, sxc, sxd, but as far as i know there was no database for 1.2

Hi Fernand, Scott,

It is, was, an ODF database file it seems.

The physical file structure, however, is corrupt.

Using zip -FF, two times, gets some parts in readable shape:
a couple of forms, well enough to tell the name of the woman that
created them, date last edited, etc. That it was created with LibO 3.3
on 32bit windows. I can pull the control types, the field names they are
attached to, etc. - so one could salvage forms fairly easily, IMO,
didn't actually try moving them to a non-corrupt, new, file.

The _data_ however - some, or all, may be there, at least there is a
241K block of bytes left after the two forms and manifest.xml and a
couple other files are accounted for. However trying to recover any of
that would be a rather more laborious endeavor and quite frankly
costly...so unless this is some rather valuable stuff..I'd call it a
bin_bucket case. 

For what it's worth if you are still using LibO 3.3 I would really
recommend upgrading to 3.4.5 today!

Best wishes,

//drew

> > When I try to open this file: http://db.tt/CN65sXtn
> > I am presented with the Filter Selection dialog, from which I choose 
> > ODF database.
> > I next get a 'General Error'.
> > Clicking on 'Tables' gives:
> >     The connection to the data source "Books' could not be established.
> >     The driver class " could not be loaded.
> > Clicking More gives three errors
> > The connection to the data source "Books' could not be established.
> >     Error code: 1000  The driver class '' could not be loaded.
> >     SQL Status: HY000   The driver class '' could not be loaded.
> >
> > and the file remains inaccessible.
> >
> > One day the file worked and saved without problem. The next day it 
> > does not open on any machine.
> >
> > A similar database opens without problem.
> >
> > Is there a way to recover this file?



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