Rob (BT) wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I am a new user of Firebird, and love it to bits. After a bit of trial
> and error I have imported an Access 97 database, and set up two users
> with Access 97 as front ends. They are used to it, and don't like
> change. However, I want to use Firebird with Open Office 2 but it
> doesn't work on auto increment fields, whatever I've tried. So my
> questions are:
>
> 1) Is there a command I can give Firebird, from Open Office, to pick up
> the auto increment values of different tables?
> 2) Is anybody from Firebird development talking to the Open Office
> developers about getting the two to talk to each other properly? The
> only reference I can find on the Open Office site suggests THEY think
> it's a problem with the ODBC driver. I can't see this as accurate if
> Access 97 works correctly. So far my pleas have fallen on deaf ears in
> the Open Office forums.
>
> If the two could co-exist, they would be a VERY powerful pair.
>
> Thanks for your time, and I hope I haven't strayed off topic in any way.
>
> Robin Davis (His first msg! ;-))
>

I just faintly remember someone - long ago - mentioning that it was easy to
use Fb with OpenOffice. That's all, I didn't check it out...

However, there is an ODBC group. Subscribe through the page
http://www.ibphoenix.com/main.nfs?a=ibphoenix&s=1122400039:112475&page=ibp_g
roups
Maybe they can help (or tell you what is impossible...).


--
Aage J.