Openoffice 2.0.1 debian etch database table editing problem

Michael_aust · 04-27-2006, 10:06 AM

When I try and edit a database in openoffice base, when I click on the tables tab I recieve the following error. I have looked and the hsqldb engine is installed. I installed the server for it but that didnt do anything

com.sun.star.sdbcx.comp.hsqldb.StorageFileAccess.

any ideas what im missing to get it to work. I know I could just use openoffice direct from openoffice.org but I would prefer to use it from the debian repos. Im running debian etch.

Thanks in advance

Michael

rickh · 04-27-2006, 10:14 AM

I checked out Base briefly, and found it to be not ready for prime time yet ... I hope it moves forward quickly because a small, GUI oriented, self-contained DBMS for Linux would fill a gaping void. If you're into messing around, you might check out ReKall. It's only a GUI front end, so it needs, Postgresql, MySQL, XBase, or some other DBMS to run, but it's fairly mature.

Michael_aust · 04-27-2006, 10:19 AM

I will just use the openoffice from openoffice.org and use it from there I need base so I can do a small database for my coursework.

Michael_aust · 04-27-2006, 10:27 AM

found a fix that seems to work

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-77087.html

In other words, create a link in /usr/lib/openoffice/program from
libhsqldb2 to libhsqldb2.so. This seems to work for me.

I got this from http://lists.debian.org/debian-openo.../msg00219.html

all seems ok now

Tinkster · 04-29-2006, 03:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rickh

.. you might check out ReKall. It's only a GUI front end, so it needs, Postgresql, MySQL, XBase, or some other DBMS to run, but it's fairly mature.

Well, the current version of Rekall comes bundled with
Xbase, and xbase is conceptionally NOT a Client/Server
model kind of thing, so Rekall pretty much *IS* stand-alone
now ... ;}

Cheers,
Tink