Description: Corrupt database file originally built with LibreOffice or OpenOffice is not readable in a human readable way. It was originally sourced from information at www.wikipedia.org, so an import to a database that uses analytical tools to help a knowledgeable advanced user structure a data base for normalisation or for mining, would be an assistive tool Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open database file through the menu option 2. Attempt to analyse the data. 3. Test, preferably using accredited standards. Actual Results: Cannot read database file with a human eye. Expected Results: Data and other inter pretative analysis ought to be possible in theory. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: [Information automatically included from LibreOffice] Locale: en-GB Module: TextDocument [Information guessed from browser] OS: Windows (All) OS is 64bit: no
Created attachment 156169 [details] attachment (MDF)
@Jonathan : is this MDF file supposed to be some kind of database format, or did you post an archive file ? When I try opening this with Unarchive on macOS, it fails with an error message "Impossible to extract people.mdf". MDF files are not supported by LibreOffice Base, so please explain how this is a corrupted Base file ? Setting NEEDINFO
Even the old trick of renaming the file extensiont to ISO and trying to mount it leads to an error message that this is an unreadable file.
Dear Jonathan Camilleri, This bug has been in NEEDINFO status with no change for at least 6 months. Please provide the requested information as soon as possible and mark the bug as UNCONFIRMED. Due to regular bug tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDINFO status with no change in 30 days the QA team will close the bug as INSUFFICIENTDATA due to lack of needed information. For more information about our NEEDINFO policy please read the wiki located here: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Bugzilla/Fields/Status/NEEDINFO If you have already provided the requested information, please mark the bug as UNCONFIRMED so that the QA team knows that the bug is ready to be confirmed. Thank you for helping us make LibreOffice even better for everyone! Warm Regards, QA Team MassPing-NeedInfo-Ping
Dear Jonathan Camilleri, Please read this message in its entirety before proceeding. Your bug report is being closed as INSUFFICIENTDATA due to inactivity and a lack of information which is needed in order to accurately reproduce and confirm the problem. We encourage you to retest your bug against the latest release. If the issue is still present in the latest stable release, we need the following information (please ignore any that you've already provided): a) Provide details of your system including your operating system and the latest version of LibreOffice that you have confirmed the bug to be present b) Provide easy to reproduce steps – the simpler the better c) Provide any test case(s) which will help us confirm the problem d) Provide screenshots of the problem if you think it might help e) Read all comments and provide any requested information Once all of this is done, please set the bug back to UNCONFIRMED and we will attempt to reproduce the issue. Please do not: a) respond via email b) update the version field in the bug or any of the other details on the top section of our bug tracker Warm Regards, QA Team MassPing-NeedInfo-FollowUp