Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.0: intrinsic database: relations only between primaries keys?

On 02/12/2013 12:03 PM, Uwe Brauer wrote:
> > > "Dan" == Dan Lewis <elderdanlewis@gmail.com> writes:
>
>     >      Perhaps you need to learn more about primary keys, foreign keys,
>     > and the relationship that must exist between them. Another topic that
>     > would help is normalizing tables. Still another topic is constraints
>     > that must be applied to either type of keys. (This one really goes to
>     > the error message you got. (I make these suggestions because it is
>     > what I had to do to understand tables in a relational database.)
> Yes of course, I desperately need to learn more.  But the issue is that
> the GUI seems only to set and save relations between primaries keys. Did
> you try it out via the GUI, what is your experience?
>
>     >      I am a little curious. Your email address implies you may live in
>     > Spain.
>
> Yes, I do.
>
>     > Your name looks German to me. If you are German, then there is
>     > a Base Handbook written in German that you might be able to use.
>
> Yes again, I am German.
>     > Tom might be able to tell you from where to download it on the
>     > LibreOffice wiki if that would help.
> That would be extremely helpful. I googled around of course but mostly
> found old material (2007/08).
>
>     >      As far as MySQL problems, I think I tried to modify fields in a
>     > table while using MySQL. They were not saved either.
>
> Aha so there is a problem?!
>
> Uwe
     At the time I thought there was a problem, but after writing about 
MySQL, I tried again. This time I was able to modify a field and later 
when editing that table,  I saw that the changes had been saved.
     If you saw this link: 
http://de.libreoffice.org/hilfe-kontakt/handbuecher/, this should 
explain what you need to know in a language that you better understand 
than English.

--Dan

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