Description: When trying to make any changes to the date format in the database in LibreOffice Writer, the change is not saved. Steps to Reproduce: 1.Carry out the mail merge 2.Click on data source or (shift+ctrl+f4) 3.Click on a column and change the type 4.Save the document and open it again 5.Same thing happens if you right click on the table and click to edit database Actual Results: The format is not updated, and everything goes back to how it was. Expected Results: Formato de dados atualizado Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: Yes Additional Info: .
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Tested this: Opened the database browser, set the data format of a date field to a format I normally won't use. Took the table header and pushed it to the writer document. A field for mail merge has been created. Printed this page. Data will be formatted as I have defined. Close the connection and the Writer document. Opened the Writer document again and printed the page. All pages will show date as it has been formatted by me. One hint: Properties of a field will only be saved for tables and views, not for queries. You could change the properties for queries but with every reload of the query you have to change it again. Tested with Version: 24.8.4.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 1be9007f5d86a3741c366527d13e2970cbeef057 CPU threads: 6; OS: Linux 6.4; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+xcb) Locale: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); UI: de-DE Calc: threaded
154 / 5 000 Did you open the Database editor directly in Writer? The bug only happens with the internal database editor available in the mail merge function.
Confirm with Version: 25.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 186e997c559c7e5d4b9462f9b4be6a935cdd04cd CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: ro-RO (ro_RO.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded See the image, no matter what format will be inserted here, the change is not accepted.
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Well, a possible improvement would be to not show the user the option to edit, it gives a false sense of being possible, but it is not. But thank you very much for the incredible support.