Bug 163672 - Database for Mass-Mail cannot be changed
Summary: Database for Mass-Mail cannot be changed
Status: NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.4.7.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium normal
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Keywords: possibleRegression
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Reported: 2024-10-29 10:30 UTC by andreas.bergmann
Modified: 2025-11-25 15:20 UTC (History)
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Description andreas.bergmann 2024-10-29 10:30:37 UTC
If I use a former used writer sheet with fields and a database on basis of a calc tabel and I switch to another calc tabel as new database and also change all fields to this one - it will constantly send the mails on basis of the old calc tabel. It makes no difference if I also delete the old database off the registered ones. I had to create a new writer sheet to get the new database going.
Comment 1 Alex Thurgood 2024-10-30 16:02:16 UTC
@Andreas: please provide us with:

- a test Writer document containing the fields for mailmerge;
- the first Calc file from which the fields are inserted into the Writer document;
- a second Calc file from which the replacement fields are to be pointed to in the Writer document.

Please also explain step-by-step how you exchanged the first datasource for the second datasource.

Please also indicate your Linux OS and version, and which LibreOffice packages you are using, e.g. distrib-provided packages, or other source (e.g Flatpak, Snap, etc)
Comment 2 Alex Thurgood 2024-10-30 16:05:44 UTC
Your report might be a DUPLICATE of bug 107896
Comment 3 Alex Thurgood 2024-10-31 10:22:41 UTC
@Andreas: 7.4.x is end of life since 12th June 2023 (unless your distrib is providing).

Please try with the most current release, given the report in bug 163700, that might not make any difference.
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2025-11-25 15:20:55 UTC
Dear andreas.bergmann,

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.

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