[KLUG Members] Address book software?

Adam Tauno Williams awilliam at whitemice.org
Sun Nov 28 21:29:33 EST 2004


> > > I know it can be done with Postgresql/UnixODBC/OpenOffice
> > > but that sounds like a pain for something this simple.
> > > A text file backend would be fine since we're talking less
> > > than 100 names & addresses.   Suggestions?
> > OpenOffice, or OpenOffice+evolution if your integration is working.
> Are you saying that the Evolution 2.0 address book can be a 
> datasource for OpenOffice? (running stock SuSE 9.2 pro)  
> What's it take to get that connection working?

It works for me, in fact it was that way by default.

The bibliography database is set to a source of "sdbc:address:evolution"
which has a table named "Personal" which is the default local address
book.  Just go "View\Data Sources"



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