Miscellaneous Database Tips

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-	The following are miscellaneous database-related tips which currently do not have enough content to warrant a full article and which have no other home.	+
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-	==dbf import tip==	+
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-	The table structure of the dbf file for all the fields	+
-	containing leading apostrophes say they are characters. This can easily seen if	+
-	you import the DBF file and look at the first row. All columns have a header	+
-	defining it. C is for characters (text), N would be numeric.	+
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-	So Calc imports the values correctly as Characters. As the number format for the	+
-	default template is set to numeric, a apostrophe is placed in front of the	+
-	value to make it a text.	+
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-	To change such text values to real numeric values, you have two choices.	+
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-	* Change the field setting in the DBF from C to N and re-import the file or	+
-	* use the Search and replace functionality.	+
-	*#Open the search and replace dialog and enter '.*' (without the quotes) into the search field.	+
-	*# Type '&' (also without quotes) into the replace field.	+
-	*# Now press on the {{button|More}} button and click the option {{prefName|Regular expression}}.	+
-	*# Click on {{button|Replace All}} and all the apostrophes should be gone.	+
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-	==MS Access-related tips==	+
-	Well, a lack of drivers will definitely cause files to not be openable. Anything that requires the MS ODBC bridges won't work for sure, including Access files.	+
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-	An ODBC driver that works with MS Access on a Mac is the [http://www.actualtechnologies.com/product_access.php Actual] ODBC driver. It is a commercial one, but it works. The [http://www.mysql.com/products/tools/migration-toolkit/ MySQL Migration Toolkit] for the Mac can be found in the [http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/gui-tools/5.0.html MySQL GUI Tools Bundle] and can be used to move data from an MS Access database to a MySQL one (which NeoOffice will happily deal with). Other options are discussed on the [http://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=23436#23436 Trinity forum].	+
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