From: Bob M. Lee [rboblee@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 6:05 AM To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com Subject: Re: OpenOffice ODBC and Oracle Rdb From: The driver implementations provide an API similiar to the JDBC API. Currently there are implementations for JDBC, ODBC 3.0, dBase, ADO, and CSV files available. The ODBC source code is in C++ and is located at: http://dba.openoffice.org/source/browse/dba/connectivity/source/drivers/odbc/ The JDBC source code is located at: http://dba.openoffice.org/source/browse/dba/connectivity/source/drivers/jdbc/ The only thing that might be preventing the ODBC connection from working is that the current "Oracle Rdb ODBC Driver" is reported to be a "Thick Client" ODBC-implementation. It might be the case that the OpenOffice.org folks anticipated a "Thin Client" ODBC-implementation, but this would be diametrically opposed to the MS "Thick Client" ODBC-implementations. That's about all that I can suggest for now, Hope this helps, -bob lee- mailto:rbobleenospamataoldotcom Alder wrote: > Michael Austin wrote: > >> Alder wrote: >> >>> In an effort to reduce my personal reliance on Billyware, I've installed >>> the OpenOffice suite on a Windows machine here at home. I could find >>> some use for the suite if I could make a successful ODBC connection to >>> the Oracle Rdb database at work, but so far have been unable to make it >>> happen. >>> >>> Anyone here manage to make a successful ODBC connection with an Oracle >>> Rdb database from the OpenOffice 1.0 or 1.0.1 suite of programs? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Alder >> >> >> >> have you tried installing the Oracle ODBC driver for Rdb? It is not >> billyware but may be related. >> >> A better forum for this question would be the Rdb List server sponsored >> by WWW.JCC.COM > > > Sorry, I should have mentioned that I have the Oracle Rdb Driver 3.00.02 > installed and have used it successfully with MSQuery and other clients > to connect with my Rdb databases. It's just that OpenOffice seems to > have a problem with it. > > I've also tried subscribing to the JCC list in the past. It didn't seem > to generate any messages, but maybe I'll try again. Thanks. > > Alder >