[GRLUG] LibreOffice Base connectivity problem

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 16:47 -0500, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 15:38 -0600, L. V. Lammert wrote:
> > On Wed, 7 Dec 2011, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> > > > Look again, grasshopper, the choices are ODBC, JDBC, *Direct*. Direct
> > > > prompts for server and port, .. then credentials and you're golden.
> > > > 	Lee
> > > Not that I can see. In the Database Wizard for Base, I chose "Connect to
> > > an existing database." The dropdown list I get there does not include a
> > > "Direct" option. Am I in a different place than you are?
> > "Connect to an Existing Database" on 3.4.1 has a list of drivers starting
> > with JDBC, ending with ODBC; MySQL is the 2nd from the bottom.
> > Once you select MySQL, the "Direct" option is on the next screen along
> > with JDBC & ODBC again.
> I'm in LibreOffice 3.3.3.1-7.fc15, which is what Fedora 15 provides. Is
> the "direct" option something that was added later? It is definitely not
> there.

"Direct" may be provided in separate packages; such as
libreoffice-mysql, libreoffice-postgresql, or some such.  And the Direct
option(s) magically appear if you have those installed.  Try a yum
search libreoffice and see what packages are listed.




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