[KLUG Advocacy] OpenOffice Snapshot 2.0 Available!

Adam Tauno Williams awilliam at whitemice.org
Wed Dec 22 12:54:24 EST 2004


> > * Redesigned database application (they call in new, implying there 
> > wasn't one before...?)
> If there is, I didn't see it. What's it called, and how do I start it
> up?

Autopilot -> form

> > * SQL92 access to file based resources (dBase files, flat files, &
> > spreadsheets)
> Oh, I like this! Lightweight DB tech's good for basic prototyping.

Yes, very handy for data analysis when the best some plebe can do is
send you an XML file.

> > * SQL Aliases
> They didn't have these? Must have made self-joins fun.

Impossible more like it.

> > * Outer joins in SQL data sources
> These neither?? *shudder!*

Yep.

> Actually, what I'D like to see are a couple of improvements in ooDraw.
> I'll have to see if I can try this out soon, just to see if they fixed
> anything there...

Did you file bug reports?  If not, tsck tsck.



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