Re: gnumeric to mysql

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

Hi

Sorry for the delay in answering

On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 17:29, Jody Goldberg wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 02:20:18PM +0100, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 17:43, mcarugno fullzero com ar wrote:
> > > Hi everybody.
> > >
> > > I know that gnumeric can get data from a mysql database, but is there some way to insert rows in a 
> > > mysql database from a gnumeric file, or at least do it in a indirect way
> > I don't know, from a gnumeric point of view how this could be done. If
> > you tell me, I can probably add an implementation of whatever gnumeric's
> > specific stuff to INSERT/UPDATE commands in an underlying database.
> >
> > Is there any way for gnumeric to do that?
>
> Not right now.  It might be nice to add some 'Load from db' and
> 'Save to db' operations that would have gurus capable of defining
> which db/table/user ... via gnome-db.
>
> It would take a bit of extension in gnumeric to handle things like
> keeping track fo those parameters between invocations, but that work
> is definitely necessary.
what would be needed in gnumeric for this? Also, how would the mapping
of the data in the sheets to the database be?

cheers