Re: [libreoffice-users] How to change Writer form letter database connection

On 12/10/16 11:00 AM, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote:
> Are the field names identical from original to newer data?
>
> Are you creating new/updated queries?
>
> I'm always switching to new single source databases from boilerplate 
> Writer and haven't had a problem. I have not tried multiple sources 
> though.
>
> Also beware that while the fields may update to the new data, <next 
> record> has to be applied manually.  (Seems to be true in most 
> versions of LibreOffice).
I'm using a Base database (pasted the data in from a spreadsheet so I 
could run queries that were apparently too complex for simple 
conditional text). The field names haven't changed. If they did, then I 
would expect that I'd have to update the merge document.

When I View | Field Names (ctrl-F9), I not only see the database name 
for both the old database (in the fields that I haven't updated 
manually) and the new database (in the fields that I did re-insert to 
this year's database) but also the name of the query that was used.

This is absurd. The form letter should just contain the name of the 
fields and let the user select which database and/or query they wants to 
use. As it stands, I am apparently required to not only stick with the 
same database but also keep the same query name.

Even the menu item (Field Names) seems to be poorly thought out. 
Toggling it switches the view from just the Field Names to the full 
database, query, Field Names. In both cases I see Field Names. It 
probably should be named "Query Path" - although as I have stated, the 
document shouldn't even use that information.

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