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Hi :)
Errr, it's a feature, not a bug!  It preserves the "audit trail" of the data being put into the 
database.  

To view the data i think you are supposed to use a Query and have that sort or filter your data any 
which way you like.  Calc would then read from the Query (hopefully). 
Regards from 
Tom :)  





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From: Girvin R. Herr <girvin.herr@sbcglobal.net>
To: Alexander Thurgood <alex.thurgood@gmail.com> 
Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org 
Sent: Friday, 31 May 2013, 18:34
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to insert a row between current fields?




Alexander Thurgood wrote:
Le 31/05/13 02:42, minhsien0330 a écrit :

Hi,

  
Dear all:
When editing field names in Design View in Libreoffice Base, I cannot
insert a new row between current fields.
If I click the "Insert Rows", Base will add a new row at the end of
this table, but not the current site.
Does Base not support insert a new field that just like Calc does?
Thanks.
    

No. Base is, well, a database program. Calc is...a spreadsheet, not a
database program. The two are constructed differently, behave
differently and have different code, which is as it should be.

However, I would agree with you that if the user is provided a user
interface which leads the user to believe that he/she can do such a
things as graphically insert a new field definition, then that
functionality should actually work. As you have noticed from your
attempts, it does not. This is one of the older limitations of Base,
that has been around for a very long time.

The solution to your problem is to use a SQL command via the Tools > SQL
menu :

http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=70021


If this doesn't work in the version of LibreOffice you are using, then
this is a bug, because with the post above, it worked in OpenOffice.org
back in 2008.


Alex

  
The "Insert Rows" function threw me at first also.  Maybe it should be renamed "Add row(s)" rather 
than "Insert Rows".  That should be an easy menu change and much less confusing for the users.

Another option may be to display the Base data in a spreadsheet and move the columns around?
I use a question mark, since I have never actually tried to do that.
Girvin Herr



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