1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 13*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <helpdocument version="1.0"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<topic id="textsharedexplorerdatabasemainxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">%PRODUCTNAME Database</title> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<filename>/text/shared/explorer/database/main.xhp</filename> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</topic> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</meta> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<body> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="database"> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id8622089"><bookmark_value>databases;main page (Base)</bookmark_value> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>$[officename] Base data sources</bookmark_value> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>data sources;$[officename] Base</bookmark_value> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark><comment>mw changed "Base,..."</comment><paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10579" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="base"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/main.xhp">Using Databases in %PRODUCTNAME Base</link> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107BD" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">In %PRODUCTNAME Base, you can access data that is stored in a wide variety of database file formats. %PRODUCTNAME Base natively supports some flat file database formats, such as the dBASE format. You can also use %PRODUCTNAME Base to connect to external relational databases, such as databases from MySQL or Oracle.</paragraph> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</section> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5864131" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The following database types are read-only types in %PRODUCTNAME Base. From within %PRODUCTNAME Base it is not possible to change the database structure or to edit, insert, and delete database records for these database types:</paragraph> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="unordered"> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id8865016" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Spreadsheet files</paragraph> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3786736" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Text files</paragraph> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6747337" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Address book data</paragraph> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN107C0" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Using a Database in %PRODUCTNAME</paragraph> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="unordered"> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10838" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">To create a new database file, choose <emph>File - New - Database</emph>.</paragraph> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1083B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz00.xhp">Database Wizard</link> helps you to create a database file and to register a new database within %PRODUCTNAME.</paragraph> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="note" id="par_idN107E7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The database file contains queries, reports, and forms for the database as well as a link to the database where the records are stored. Formatting information is also stored in the database file.</paragraph> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="unordered"> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1084A" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">To open a database file, choose <emph>File - Open</emph>. In the <emph>File type</emph> list box, select to view only "Database documents". Select a database document and click <emph>Open</emph>.</paragraph> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="relatedtopics"> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1075F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embedvar href="text/shared/guide/data_view.xhp#data_view"/> 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</paragraph> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10767" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embedvar href="text/shared/guide/data_register.xhp#data_register"/> 76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</paragraph> 77*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1076F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 78*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embedvar href="text/shared/guide/data_new.xhp#data_new"/> 79*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</paragraph> 80*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10777" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 81*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embedvar href="text/shared/guide/data_tables.xhp#data_tables"/> 82*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</paragraph> 83*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1077F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 84*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embedvar href="text/shared/guide/data_queries.xhp#data_queries"/> 85*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</paragraph> 86*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10787" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 87*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embedvar href="text/shared/guide/data_forms.xhp#data_forms"/> 88*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</paragraph> 89*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1078F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 90*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embedvar href="text/shared/guide/data_reports.xhp#data_reports"/> 91*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</paragraph> 92*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1311990" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 93*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embedvar href="text/shared/guide/data_im_export.xhp#data_im_export"/> 94*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</paragraph> 95*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10797" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 96*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embedvar href="text/shared/guide/database_main.xhp#database_main"/> 97*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</paragraph> 98*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107AD" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 99*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embedvar href="text/shared/explorer/database/menubar.xhp#titletext"/> 100*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</paragraph> 101*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107BB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 102*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embedvar href="text/shared/explorer/database/toolbars.xhp#toolbars"/> 103*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</paragraph> 104*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/shared/04/01020000.xhp#DB_keys"/> 105*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6474806" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Database">Wiki page about Base</link></paragraph> 106*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</section> 107*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 108*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 109