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Trail of Tears: MySQL, ODBC, & OpenOffice 1.0

Posted by Hemos on from the getting-it-all-working dept.

Joe Barr writes " I found a wonderful "how-to" piece called "OpenOffice.org 1.0, ODBC and MySQL," by John McCreesh. In the introduction, McCreesh writes about OpenOffice.org 1.0's "best kept secret" -- that secret being the fact that hidden away inside, completely unknown to most OpenOffice users, is a user-friendly front end for databases that is "a Microsoft Access (and more) equivalent." That may be so, but there is a very good reason why it's a secret: it's too damn hard getting OpenOffice and ODBC wired up correctly."

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  1. MySQL, ODBC, OpenOffice haikus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Install MySQL?
    Better get support contract
    Config files scattered

    ODBC's pow'r
    Links data hither and yon
    Like many silkworms

    Free office software
    Fighting forces from Redmond
    Freedom is power

    Relevant comments
    Readers like them, yes they do
    Thoughtful minds welcomed

    Lame haikus you say?
    OK bub, then write your own
    Not so easy, huh?

  2. Re:MySQL haiku: get it right by Chocolate+Teapot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Petty nitpicker
    You spoiled the joke entirely
    I thought it was good.

    --
    Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise. - William Shakespeare