Open Office 2 Base (database)
Looking Up Things In The Manual

You may find that the database being shipped with OpenOffice (ver.2) delights you as much as it has me. This page, and the others linked to it, can help you use it.

Forget any experiences you may have had with Adabas, which came with Star Office, the commercial version of Open Office 1. The Open Office Version 2 database, "Base", aka "ooBase", is unrelated. And remember that Open Office, including Base, is free! But don't let that fool you. It's not new. Big organizations, civil and governmental, are adopting it as their standard office suite... and saving million$.

There's more about ooBase in the main index to this material.

This page is "browser friendly". Make your browser window as wide as you want it. The text will flow nicely for you. It is easier to read in a narrow window.

Page contents © TK Boyd, Sheepdog Software ®, 3/08.

Looking Things Up_______________

Hey! I hate to ask for directions when I'm lost as much as the next (male?) person... but sometimes you just have to RTFM. ("Read The... famous?... Manual")

When you reach that in extremis moment, the place to go is....

Alternatively, go to....

... for the same information in a format I prefer... but if you use that, you'll have to know that it is often worth going to the root of a site, in this case....

... to see what other Good Stuff someone has posted for you.

"What?", I hear you exclaim. "HSQLdb? I want the ooBase manual!" Well, yes... but ooBase is based on the HSQLdb engine. Now you see?

The link I gave above is for the table of contents. It tells you everything. "Too Much Information", big time.

If you just want to look up, say, what the rules are for the CONCAT function, you may want to head straight to the section about the built-in functions (frameless) and stored procedures.

Also consider....

Another excellent source of help is.....

They have separate sections for all manner of Open Office issues. If you search past discussions before posting your "How do I put a field on a form?", you will probably get your answer more quickly.

Editorial Philosophy

This material is "browser-friendly"... in particular, you can (and I recommend that you do!) make your browser window narrow, so that you don't have to try to read long lines.

I dislike 'fancy' websites with more concern for a flashy appearance than for good content. For a pretty picture, I can go to an art gallery. Of course, an attractive site WITH content deserves praise... as long as that pretty face doesn't cost download time. In any case....

I am trying to present this material in a format which makes it easy for you to USE it. See the main index to this material for more information about the way it is posted.

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If you liked this ooBase tutorial, see the main index for information other help from the same author.

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