Documentation/Database
On this page you find links to Base documentation ordered by languages and topics. It may be helpful for authors and translators.
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Resources related to OpenOffice.org Base:
Contents
English
Manuals
General
- Base
- Base
- Description of Base (short overview)
- OpenOffice.org User Guides (Getting started with Base) - PDF
- GettingStartedWithBase
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- OpenOffice.org Base Manual
- OpenOffice.org Base primer
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- Base videos from chapter 7 of the user guide
- Tutorial
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- Beginners - Example Database - Base Tutorial
- Example
- Initial author: Andrew 'Drew' Jensen
- This tutorial covers creating a first database using OOoBase. It is intended for those that have not used Base before or those that have never used any database manager.
- Mid Level OpenOffice.org Base tutorial
- Tutorials
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- Database: "ooBase", aka "Base"
Tables
Reports
- Sun Report Builder
- SUN_Report_Builder
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- Sun Report Builder (Reference)
- Reference
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- Functions in Reports
- Functions and Expressions
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Developer
- Working basis to make the user guide better
- Getting_Started/Getting_Started_with_Base
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FAQ
- Common tasks
- Common_tasks
- Initial author: Andrew 'Drew' Jensen
- Many good questions, no answers.
Misc
- HSQLDB Tips and Tricks
- Tips_and_Tricks
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Connecting
- Base New Driver Tutorial
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Base_New_Driver_Tutorial
Initial author: Robert Vojta
This small How-To contains a simple step-by-step introduction on how to put your driver inside the connectivity module. The second part of this document covers differences between a driver in connectivity module and a driver in an UNO package.
- Better Database Drivers
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/BetterDatabaseDrivers
Initial author:Eric Bischoff
Some ideas for a better and simpler infrastructure for database drivers
- Connecting to Microsoft Access
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Connecting_to_Microsoft_Access
Initial author: Regina Henschel
These article describes how to connect to a Microsoft Access database file, if you use a MS Windows operating system.
- OpenOffice.org Base - Database Drivers
http://dba.openoffice.org/drivers/
- Connecting with MySQL
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Connect_MySQLandBase
An overview page
- Native PostgreSQL Driver
http://dba.openoffice.org/drivers/postgresql/index.html
- SQL-lite Driver
http://dba.openoffice.org/drivers/sqlite/index.html
- mdb-sdbc-driver-0.1.0
http://dba.openoffice.org/drivers/mdb/index.html
Initial author: Wind Li (yl146652 [at] openoffice [dot] org)
It is a try to connect a Linux system to MS Access. There is no further development.
- A working page
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/MDB_Driver_Integration
- MSA-Base Faq
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/MSA-Base_Faq
- Firebird driver update for OO.org
Jaybird OpenOffice.org Base support
Examples
General
- Base Example (Overview)
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Category:Base_Example
Initial author: Frank Schönheit
- Standard Distributed Schema
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Standard_Distributed_Schema
Concrete Examples
- A club membership database
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/A_club_membership_database
Initial author: Andrew 'Drew' Jensen
Description of creating an example database
- OpenOffice.org API - Code snippets: http://codesnippets.services.openoffice.org/Database/index.xml
Useful code snippets solving frequently asked questions.
- Base Example
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Help_Files
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Standard_Distributed_Schema
Misc
Testing
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Database_Automatic_Testing
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Base_Guide/Planning
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/FAQ_%28Base%29
Connecting OpenOffice.org To A Remote MySQL Database] (event. 1.x)
French
German
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/DE:Beispielsdatenbank_mit_Base
http://dannenhoefer.de/faqstarbasic/Datenbanken.html
http://de.openoffice.org/doc/howto_2_0/index.html#datenquellen_2_0
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/DE:FAQ/Base
End user documentation
Portugese
http://broffice.org/files/Introdu%C3%A7%C3%A3o_ao%20BrOffice.org_Base_2.0.x.odt
Copyright
OOo Database Development
OOo Database QA
OOo General Database Info
Initial author : Mechtilde Stehmann 24 September 2007
Please do not change the logical content of this site without acknowledge of the author or the OOo QA Project Lead/Co-Leads.