Bug 118600

Summary:	Enable cross-table joins of multiple separate dBase DBF tables
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	MING-LI JIANG <my9890866>
Component:	Base	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	xiscofauli
Priority:	medium
Version:	5.2.7.2 release
Hardware:	x86-64 (AMD64)
OS:	All
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Description MING-LI JIANG 2018-07-07 02:53:42 UTC

Description:
dBase files can only be imported and cannot be associated with multiple tables.

Actual Results:
LibreOffice Base adds dBase (.DBF) file but cannot associate multiple data tables.

Expected Results:
I hope to refer to the external data link function of Microsoft Office Access, so that LibreOffice Base can be as powerful as Microsoft Office Access!


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:

Comment 1 Alex Thurgood 2018-07-09 08:03:06 UTC

This is a known limitation of LibreOffice Base, it was present even in StarOffice, and subsequently OpenOffice.org. There may even be an existing bug report for this in bugzilla, but I haven't looked.

I too, would like this to be a possibility, but it would probably require extensive rework of the sdbc-DBF driver, which is unlikely to happen unless someone is motivate enough to undertake that work.

However, seems a valid enough request for enhancement to me.

Changing your title though to one that is more precise.