Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Another question concerning Base

Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> I thought the MySql / MariaDb connector was compiled for very specific
> OSes and versions of LO?  I thought the working ones were on the LO
> Extensions website?
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
> --- On *Mon, 20/8/12, Dan /<elderdanlewis@gmail.com>/* wrote:
>
>
>     From: Dan <elderdanlewis@gmail.com>
>     Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Another question concerning Base
>     To: users@global.libreoffice.org
>     Date: Monday, 20 August, 2012, 22:24
>
>     Girvin R. Herr wrote:
>      >
>      >
>      > Alexander Thurgood wrote:
>      >> Le 16/08/12 00:56, Thomas Taylor a écrit :
>      >>
>      >> Hi Thomas,
>      > 8><..
>      >
>      >> - AOOo has moved its hsqldb engine to an improved version 2,
>     whereas LO
>      >> is still stuck on version 1.8 ;
>      >>
>      >> - AOOo has removed direct support for the mysql native connector
>     due to
>      >> licensing issues, it is still provided as a download for older
>     versions
>      >> of OOo, but is no longer being actively supported ;
>      >>
>      >> - LO no longer has any actively supported native mysql connector
>     either,
>      >> but for the moment, an attempt to not break the existing external
>      >> extension is being maintained ;
>      >>
>      >> - LO has read/write native connector support for postgresql -
>     this, I
>      >> believe, is a major improvement over AOOo, which only had read
>     support,
>      >> and the postgres native connector is no longer even offered with
>     AOOo
>      >> due to licensing issues ;
>      >>
>      >> - both AOOo and LO support JDBC driver connections to postgresql and
>      >> mysql databases ;
>      >>
>      >> - both AOOo and LO are supposed to support ODBC driver connections -
>      >> however, this is very dependent on OS, bit version architecture
>     (32/64)
>      >> and buggy behaviours of the 3rd party drivers ;
>      >>
>      >> - LO support of MS Access databases on Windows is variable
>     according to
>      >> LO version and Access mdb/accdb version - one day it works with one
>      >> version of LO, the next it doesn't, so your mileage may vary - I
>     can't
>      >> speak for AOOo here as I haven't tested that bit ;
>      >>
>      >> - Access databases are not supported in either LO or AOOo on
>     other OSes
>      >> (i.e. Linux/Mac), to my knowledge - these are usually dealt with
>     by 3rd
>      >> party programs.
>      >>
>      >> This is only a short comparison, I'm sure there are other points
>     that
>      >> could be mentioned, but on the whole, the basic DB functionality
>     between
>      >> the two is pretty much the same. That situation is likely to
>     change with
>      >> the switch to LO version 4 development, where it has already been
>      >> decided that backwards version (ABI) compatibility for all
>      >> functionalities of the LO suite will not be guaranteed. At the
>     moment, I
>      >> have no idea how that will affect Base, but it will almost certainly
>      >> affect any extensions that are currently available.
>      >>
>      >>
>      >> Alex
>      >>
>      >>
>      > Alexander,
>      > Thanks for this information.  It is very enlightening, so I
>     shouldn't be
>      > too surprised in the future.  I use Base extensively as a client
>     to MySQL.
>      > Girvin Herr
>
>            For the present, the MySQL Connector 1.0.1 still works for both
>     AOO 3.4 (I use 3.4.1, a pre-release) and LO 3.4.6, 3.5.6.2, and 3.6.0.4.
>            For how long this will be true? Only the DEV people may know
>     unless someone decides to update this extension in the future for any
>     changes made in AOO and LO.
>
>     --Dan

     Both AOO and LO have a native version of this connector extension 
in their individual extension repository.

--Dan


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