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| - | <!--These tips are copied from the old Configuring and Using Databases page--> | + | #redirect [[Working with Microsoft Access databases]] |
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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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| - | 1.) Change the field setting in the DBF from C to N and re-import the file or | + | |
| - | 2.) 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 More Button and tag the | + | |
| - | option Regular expression. Click on 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]. | + | |
