Re: [libreoffice-users] Fw: LibreO-Base is lying about my age!

Hi :)
The "integer" function in Access rounds down.  So that 72.9999 would also be given as =72.  Clearly 
in most cases (such as when looking at cash prices) the usual answer you would want it to give 
would be 73, which is what Base appears to be giving.  Annoyingly it is also 'incorrectly' rounding 
up for a value that 'should' be being given as 72.  

In Access i tended to add 0.5 before doing the integer thing in order to force it to round 
correctly.  In Base perhaps just do a -1?  or a -0.5?  Of course i found the "Round" function in 
Access after writing the equations but i don't think you want to risk rounding up.  

On a side note i find it interesting that up until legal drinking age children tend to say things 
like "I'm nearly 9" or "I'm 12, ('soon')" but after legal drinking age people try to down-play 
their age.  Also we say "I'm ... years old" rather than "I'm ... years young".

Also i heard that some cultures respect their elders, partly for just surviving that long, but also 
for the acquired wisdom that a person is likely to have acquired.  Surely we should celebrate our 
age?
Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Thu, 16/2/12, ptjr@elisanet.fi <ptjr@elisanet.fi> wrote:

From: ptjr@elisanet.fi <ptjr@elisanet.fi>
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Fw: LibreO-Base is lying about my age!
To: "Users LibreOffice" <users@global.libreoffice.org>
Cc: ptjr@elisanet.fi
Date: Thursday, 16 February, 2012, 11:40


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Aihe: LibreO-Base is lying about my age!
Päiväys: 15.2.2012 17:46
Lähettäjä: Pertti Rönnberg [ptjr@elisanet.fi]
Kopio: Pertti Rönnberg [ptjr@elisanet.fi]

Dear all of you,
First an opinion - correct me if wrong!
I've got the idea that this is kind of a help-desk where every LibreO user can both ask for help 
and give info about problems related to LibreO's components. Without any bad feelings afterwards!
Referring to the irrelevant "debates" recently and also my own experiences some weeks ago I would 
say that a real expert has the ability to concentrate on the question as-it-is and give a relevant 
answer -- he has knowledge enough to understand that there are no silly or wrong questions.
Every question has its reason - and every question is valuable because it indicates that there may 
be something to repair or do better in LibreO.
There is a truth in quality systems (e.g. ISO 9000): "without identifying the weaknesses there is 
no development".

_And now to my contribution to make LibreO better:_
I need to calculate in LO-Base the difference between an 'olddate' and today expressed in whole 
years (no decimals)
The main procedure seems to be the same in LO-Base and OOo as in MSAccess.
The function I placed in the query field is (ref. also to guides in LO & OOo):
    datediff('year',"table1"."olddate",current_date)  or  datediff('year',"olddate",current_date)

When I inserted my birthdate (2.11.1939) in 'olddate' my computer states that I am 73 - I'm NOT, 
I'm still only 72!
The correct result is 72,225 years;  and the desired answer without decimals 72.
>     I got the same wrong result (73) both in LO-Base and in OOo-Base
>     the wrong result is not logical - it can not be a rounding up, nor is it a result of an 
> 'int()'-function
>     if I replaced 'year' with 'dd' or 'mm' or 'yy' the function works  -- but
when replaced 'year' with 'yyyy' the function stopped working  (why - 'year' and 'yyyy' ought to be 
equal!)
>     the query field does not accept the expression "int(datediff(..etc))"
>     the date-format is equal (finnish - see above) in every relevant field
>     my OS is Windows7Professional/32Bit

I also tried the formula /year(current_date - "olddate")/ but the query did not accept it as a 
valid expression - can I put that formula anywhere else?

Anyone there who can tell me how I shall get the LO-Base to be honest?
Regards
Pertti Rönnberg




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