Bug 144147 - Strange characters appearing in a LibreOffice Base Query Result (using a Firebird embebbed database and LIST-function)
Summary: Strange characters appearing in a LibreOffice Base Query Result (using a Fire...
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Base (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.2.0.4 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2021-08-28 17:45 UTC by heitorhedler
Modified: 2021-08-31 14:28 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Attachments
Databased used when the bug was found. (8.53 KB, application/vnd.sun.xml.base)
2021-08-28 17:46 UTC, heitorhedler
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A print screen of the bugged result. (92.27 KB, image/png)
2021-08-28 17:47 UTC, heitorhedler
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I got this new result after LibreOffice reinstall (92.06 KB, image/png)
2021-08-30 22:11 UTC, heitorhedler
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Description heitorhedler 2021-08-28 17:45:47 UTC
Description:
I am trying to use the LIST function to produce a list of all rows in a column of a table called artist. So I made the following query:

SELECT LIST (“artist_name”) FROM “artist”

It returns the concatenated rows but also a lot of strange squares. I've posted a help request in the community with a screenshot and some more details. Link to the thread: https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/trouble-with-the-list-aggregate-function-firebird/67430)

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Created a table called "artist" with a INT primary key and a VARCHAR column called "artist_name".
2.Tried to query using the command SELECT LIST (“artist_name”) FROM “artist”

Actual Results:
I got the result "Stan Lee□□□□□□□□,□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□Jack Kirby□□□□□□,□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□Dick Ayers□□□□□□"

Expected Results:
I should have received the result "Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers"


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes



Additional Info:
Version: 7.2.0.4 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 9a9c6381e3f7a62afc1329bd359cc48accb6435b
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19043; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (pt_BR); UI: pt-BR
Calc: CL
Comment 1 heitorhedler 2021-08-28 17:46:47 UTC
Created attachment 174591 [details]
Databased used when the bug was found.

The small database I was using. Try using LIST with the table artist.
Comment 2 heitorhedler 2021-08-28 17:47:37 UTC
Created attachment 174592 [details]
A print screen of the bugged result.

The bugged result I've received.
Comment 3 Robert Großkopf 2021-08-29 06:56:05 UTC
Have tested this with OpenSUSE 15.2 64bit rpm Linux. Couldn't reproduce the bug with the attached database. As written in ask.libreoffice it seems to be a special Windows bug. So Windows tester needed.

Note: The result has to be "Stan Lee,Jack Kirby,Dick Ayers" without spaces, because there isn't defined a separator in the query
SELECT LIST (“artist_name”) FROM “artist”.
The result you got in Windows, also when starting in Safe Mode, adds many squares to the expected result.
Comment 4 Julien Nabet 2021-08-30 21:16:25 UTC
On Win10 with master sources updated some days ago, I don't reproduce this.

Could you give a try at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/FirstSteps ?
Comment 5 heitorhedler 2021-08-30 22:11:46 UTC
Created attachment 174653 [details]
I got this new result after LibreOffice reinstall

The new result after LibreOffice reinstall
Comment 6 heitorhedler 2021-08-30 22:25:11 UTC
So I've tried to follow most of the steps in  https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/FirstSteps.

1. First I removed and reinstalled LibreOffice. I've posted a print of the new result - now the squares disapeared but I still get lots of empty spaces. I consider it somewhat an improvement lol
2. I wiped my user profile and the only thing I did afterwards was to enable experimental features (so I could use Firebird with LO Base and work on the database). No changes.
3. The string I get in Help-About libreOffice is Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win. Have no idea what it means.
4. Removed all fonts downloaded in the last couple of days (only 2 actually). No changes.

The other steps seems to be related to Calc and/or Linux, so I didn't followed.
Comment 7 heitorhedler 2021-08-31 14:27:38 UTC
Whoa I wiped clean my Windows Installation and now the issue seems to be resolved.