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See the License for the 21 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 22 * under the License. 23 * 24 ***********************************************************--> 25 26 27 28 29 <helpdocument version="1.0"> 30<meta> 31<topic id="textsharedexplorerdatabasemainxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 32<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">%PRODUCTNAME Database</title> 33<filename>/text/shared/explorer/database/main.xhp</filename> 34</topic> 35</meta> 36<body> 37<section id="database"> 38<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id8622089"><bookmark_value>databases;main page (Base)</bookmark_value> 39<bookmark_value>$[officename] Base data sources</bookmark_value> 40<bookmark_value>data sources;$[officename] Base</bookmark_value> 41</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</variable></paragraph> 43<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</section> 45<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<list type="unordered"> 47<listitem> 48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id8865016" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Spreadsheet files</paragraph> 49</listitem> 50<listitem> 51<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3786736" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Text files</paragraph> 52</listitem> 53<listitem> 54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6747337" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Address book data</paragraph> 55</listitem> 56</list> 57<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN107C0" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Using a Database in %PRODUCTNAME</paragraph> 58<list type="unordered"> 59<listitem> 60<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</listitem> 62</list> 63<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<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<list type="unordered"> 66<listitem> 67<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</listitem> 69</list> 70<section id="relatedtopics"> 71<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1075F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 72<embedvar href="text/shared/guide/data_view.xhp#data_view"/> 73</paragraph> 74<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10767" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 75<embedvar href="text/shared/guide/data_register.xhp#data_register"/> 76</paragraph> 77<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1076F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 78<embedvar href="text/shared/guide/data_new.xhp#data_new"/> 79</paragraph> 80<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10777" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 81<embedvar href="text/shared/guide/data_tables.xhp#data_tables"/> 82</paragraph> 83<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1077F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 84<embedvar href="text/shared/guide/data_queries.xhp#data_queries"/> 85</paragraph> 86<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10787" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 87<embedvar href="text/shared/guide/data_forms.xhp#data_forms"/> 88</paragraph> 89<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1078F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 90<embedvar href="text/shared/guide/data_reports.xhp#data_reports"/> 91</paragraph> 92<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1311990" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 93<embedvar href="text/shared/guide/data_im_export.xhp#data_im_export"/> 94</paragraph> 95<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10797" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 96<embedvar href="text/shared/guide/database_main.xhp#database_main"/> 97</paragraph> 98<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107AD" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 99<embedvar href="text/shared/explorer/database/menubar.xhp#titletext"/> 100</paragraph> 101<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107BB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 102<embedvar href="text/shared/explorer/database/toolbars.xhp#toolbars"/> 103</paragraph> 104<embed href="text/shared/04/01020000.xhp#DB_keys"/> 105<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</section> 107</body> 108</helpdocument> 109