[KLUG Members] Address book software?

[Bruce Smith]

> > > > > > 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"
> > That's weird, it's not there in mine.  In fact I can't even add
> > evolution as a data source.  The data type is not one of the options.
> > I wonder if there is some RPM I'm missing ...
> 
> awilliam at laptop01:~> rpm -ql OpenOffice_org-gnome

Adding that RPM lets me add the evolution address book as a data source
now.  Thanks!!!  :-)

> multisync-evolution-0.82-7.2

Speaking of which, have you gotten that to work?  I can't seem to.

 - BS