Re: [gnome-db] Configuring GnomeDB/libgda

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Thu, 2002-01-10 at 01:49, Adam Williams wrote:
> >> I've downloaded and compiled both the GnomeDB and libgda ... but how the
> >> heck do you configure database connections so I can use the connections
> >> in gnumeric or gASQL ... 
> >> I can find a lot of details about development how to include this
> >> library into my own programs ... I might want to do that sometime ...
> >> but not now ... Now I just want to use the connections in Gnumeric.
> >> Well, I've tried the gda-test program and it works!! (Yippie!) But how
> >> to use the libgda/gnome-db a little bit further ... Don't worry about
> >> the Gnumeric integration ... I just want to configure gnome-db/libgda
> >> ....
> >> Can you please help me ... just point me the way ... does it exist a FAQ
> >> or HOWTO somewhere (I prefer an English version)
> >Just open gnomedb-fe, go to the Manager tab, and select the 'New
> >datasource' button (in the small toolbatr). This will start a wizard
> >that will guide you through all the process of adding a new data source.
> >Then you can use this data source from any program, such as gnumeric.
> 
> 1. Select the region you wish to fill with data
> 
> 2. With this region selected enter the execSQL function
>    Do ***NOT*** press <Enter>
> 3. Press Ctrl-Shift-Enter
> 
> In eldar days one often had to Ctrl-Shift-Enter twice.
> 
it was fixed some time ago. It was due to a problem in the activation of
GDA providers, which needed always two tries, but it was fixed.

> Let me know how well this works.  I haven't tried it with a "recent" 
> version of Gnumeric so I'm curious if this is still the procedure.
> 
I haven't neither, so it would be good to have a report on how things
are working with gnumeric 1.0

cheers
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