OpenOffice.org Base

OpenOffice.org Base
OpenOffice.org Base
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OpenOffice.org Base.png
OpenOffice.org Base 3
Developer(s) Sun Microsystems
Stable release 3.3 / January 25, 2011; 9 months ago (2011-01-25)
Development status Active
Operating system Cross-platform
Platform Java
Type Database
License GNU Lesser General Public License
Website www.openoffice.org

OpenOffice.org Base ("Base" for short), a database module, initially appeared with OpenOffice.org version 2.0. As of 2010, it builds on the HSQLDB database engine written in Java.

OpenOffice.org users can connect to external full-featured SQL databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle through ODBC or JDBC drivers. OpenOffice.org Base can hence act as a GUI frontend for SQL views, table-design and query. In addition, OpenOffice.org has its own Form wizard to create dialog windows for form filling and updates.

Released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licence, Base is free software.

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Product specifications

Early provisions for integration with database information appear in the Open Office Specification version 1.0.[1]

History

The OpenOffice.org team evaluated another database engine, SQLite[citation needed], but decided to use HSQLDB after evaluating the features, connectivity and embed quality of both database engines.

Functionality

Starting with version 2.3, Base offers report-generation based on Pentaho software.[2] Base is integrated into the rest of the OpenOffice.org productivity suite. It can provide mail merge functionality in conjunction with Writer and spreadsheet integration with Calc.

Limitations

The HSQLDB developers have suggested only 76% of the target has been met in the 1.8.0 release,[3] the version first integrated with OOo 2.0. (They have appealed for contributions to fulfill all the feature targets, since the core database engine itself is an independent project with no external funding.)

As a result, HSQLDB 2.0 was released in 2010 with a vast list of improvements and new features[4] HSQLDB 2.x is scheduled for inclusion in OpenOffice.org 3.4,[5] although LibreOffice has yet to commit.[6]

Documentation

OpenOffice.org provides a full integrated help system, as well as tutorial documentation and a web-based wiki.

See also

Notes and references

External links

General articles and resources

Database connection articles



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