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

In my circumstance, I am copying over an old database to a new one and 
changing the name. Then I add new data to the new database. After that I 
update the query to access the new data only.

I copy over to a new database as a way to remove old records (data) and 
keep Base from losing it when it has to many records. No data lost and 
old data is stored away.

In every case, in Writer, from the menu <Edit><Exchange Database>, I 
select the new database and select the new query. All fields update 
appropriately except <new record> which I do manually.

As I understand it, if you are not changing database or fields. You 
should be able to just update your query to select the records you want.

Hope this helps.


On 10/13/2016 4:46 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
> 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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