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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. Re:MySQL, ODBC, OpenOffice haikus by ShavenYak · · Score: 0, Troll

    In Soviet* Russia
    The OpenOffice haiku
    Writes Anon Coward!

    Natalie Portman,
    Beowulf cluster of grits;
    Phase three is profit.

    Let us not forget
    In A. D. Two-one-oh-one
    War was beginning.

    * To make this work, pronounce it "sov-yet".

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    Hey kids, there's only 5 days left 'til Yak Shaving Day!
  2. Re:Who cares by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You should upgrade to Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition. It isn't free, but your employer has already wasted much more money as you futz around on the web trying desperately to configure your Linux box.