Documentation/DevGuide/Database/Driver Specifics

Apache OpenOffice Developer's Guide

Database Access

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• Architecture
• Example: Querying the Bibliography Database

• Data Sources in Apache OpenOffice API

• DataSources

• The DataSource Service
• Queries

• Adding and Editing Predefined Queries
• Runtime Settings For Predefined Queries
• The SingleSelectQueryComposer
• The SQLQueryComposer

• Forms and Reports
• Document Links
• Tables and Columns

• Connections

• Connecting Through a DataSource
• Connecting Using the DriverManager and a Database URL
• Connecting Through a Specific Driver
• Driver Specifics

• The SDBC Driver for JDBC
• The SDBC Driver for ODBC
• The SDBC Driver for Adabas D
• The SDBC Driver for ADO
• The SDBC Driver for dBase
• The SDBC Driver for Flat File Formats
• The SDBC Driver for Apache OpenOffice Calc Files
• The SDBC Driver for address books
• The SDBC Driver for embedded HSQL databases

• Connection Pooling
• Piggyback Connections

• Manipulating the Data

• The RowSet Service

• Usage
• Events and Other Notifications
• Clones of the RowSet Service

• Statements

• Creating Statements
• Inserting and Updating Data
• Getting Data from a Table

• Result Sets

• Retrieving Values from Result Sets
• Moving the Result Set Cursor
• Using the getXXX Methods
• Scrollable Result Sets
• Modifiable Result Sets
• Update
• Insert
• Delete
• Seeing Changes in Result Sets

• ResultSetMetaData
• Using Prepared Statements
• PreparedStatement From DataSource Queries

• Database Design

• Using DDL to Change the Database Design
• Using SDBCX to Access the Database Design

• Catalog Service
• Table Service
• Column Service
• Index Service
• Key Service
• View Service
• Group Service
• User Service
• The Descriptor Pattern
• Adding an Index
• Creating a User
• Adding a Group

• Using DBMS Features

• Stored Procedures

• Writing Database Drivers

• SDBC Driver
• Driver Service
• Connection Service
• XDatabaseMetaData Interface
• Statements
• Support Scalar Functions

• Open Group CLI Numeric Functions
• Open Group CLI String Functions
• Open Group CLI Time and Date Functions
• Open Group CLI System Functions
• Open Group CLI Conversion Functions

• Handling Unsupported Functionality
• Extending Database Drivers

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Driver Specifics

Currently, there are nine driver implementations. Some support only the simple com.sun.star.sdbc.Driver service, some additionally the more extended service from com.sun.star.sdbcx.Driver that includes the support for tables, columns, keys, indexes, groups and users. This section describes the capabilities and the missing functionality in some database drivers. Below is a list of all available drivers.

Driver	URL	Solaris	Linux	Windows
JDBC	jdbc:subprotocol:	●	●	●
ODBC 3.5	sdbc:odbc:datasource name	●	●	●
Adabas D	sdbc:adabas:database name	●	●	●
ADO	sdbc:ado:ADO specific			●
dBase	sdbc:dbase:Location of folder or file	●	●	●
Flat file format (csv)	sdbc:flat:Location of folder or file	●	●	●
Apache OpenOffice Calc	sdbc:calc:Location of Apache OpenOffice Calc file	●	●	●
Mozilla addressbook (Mozilla, Outlook, Outlook Express and LDAP)	sdbc:address:Kind of addressbook	●	●	●
Embedded HSQLDB	sdbc:embedded:hsqldb	●	●	●

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