Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Connection to SQL database

Hi :)
Is it likely to be possible to connect Base directly to the original
data?  So that instead of getting an export or a dump of the data it
can be read dynamically?

I know it is not what the o.p. is asking for but i often wonder.
Regards from
Tom :)

On 15 January 2014 22:03, Alex Thurgood <alex.thurgood@gmail.com> wrote:
> Le 15/01/2014 22:08, Carl Paulsen a écrit :
>
> Hi Carl,
>
> > ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
>
> This is enough to tell us that the data came from a mysql database
> originally. MyISAM is the default engine for non-transactional MySQL
> databases :
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyISAM
>
> In the sample table you give, the table/field definitions are particular
> to mysql, so if you try to run that sql with another db engine, e.g. in
> hsqldb via LO Tools > SQL, it will fail because it will not recognise
> the field types you're trying to create (e.g. enum, mediumint.
>
> So, your best bet would be to import that into a mysql server, assuming
> you have one to hand and you have some kind of console/terminal access
> (localhost / same machine):
>
> mysql < '/path/to/myfiletoimport.sql'
>
> optionally with -p if you require authentication for the user that is
> connecting to the mysql server :
>
> mysql -p < '/path/to/myfileimport.sql'
>
> There are many web sites on the internet that are full of information on
> how to set up and import data into a mysql server.
>
>
> Alex
>
>
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