Bug 165796 - Cannot display tables content from a JDBC Firebird connection in Base : VIEWING
Summary: Cannot display tables content from a JDBC Firebird connection in Base : VIEWING
Status: RESOLVED NOTOURBUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Base (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
24.8.5.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2025-03-18 06:58 UTC by matteo.marini@bluewin.ch
Modified: 2025-03-21 08:23 UTC (History)
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Screenshot of table view (63.73 KB, image/jpeg)
2025-03-18 07:02 UTC, matteo.marini@bluewin.ch
Details
No problems with Jaybird 6 (126.62 KB, image/png)
2025-03-20 19:54 UTC, jcsanz
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Description matteo.marini@bluewin.ch 2025-03-18 06:58:13 UTC
Description:
After migrating the LO base database connection type from sdbc to jdbc (jaybird6) for accessing an external firebird v3 database, base does not show the content of the database tables.

I am able to connect to the database and performing the login. if I open a table in base (by 2-clicking on the table), the windows open and it is blank except where I click with the mouse where data beneath is revealed.

Executing a query in SQL design mode works and results are properly returned.

This issue is not present via an sdbc connection.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Establish a connection to a remote firebird database through JDBC (jaybird)
2.Perform login to database for establishing connection
3.Double click on a table

Actual Results:
The table opens and the window is blank except where you click.

Expected Results:
Table content shall be displayed


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
I had the same issue with LO 25 and decided to downgrade. Issue did not disappear however.
Comment 1 matteo.marini@bluewin.ch 2025-03-18 07:02:08 UTC
Created attachment 199858 [details]
Screenshot of table view

Trying to resize the window leads to an LO crash
Comment 2 matteo.marini@bluewin.ch 2025-03-18 15:36:03 UTC
I was informed that the JDBC / Firebird connection with Libreoffice is not supported.

This bug can therefore be discarded and closed.
Comment 3 Robert Großkopf 2025-03-19 15:07:47 UTC
Following comment 2 I will close this one as NOTOURBUG.
Comment 4 jcsanz 2025-03-20 19:53:35 UTC
No problem connecting with Jaybird 6 in windows. See next attachment

Version: 25.2.1.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: d3abf4aee5fd705e4a92bba33a32f40bc4e56f49
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (10.0 build 22631); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: es-ES (es_ES); UI: es-ES
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 5 jcsanz 2025-03-20 19:54:18 UTC
Created attachment 199928 [details]
No problems with Jaybird 6
Comment 6 Robert Großkopf 2025-03-21 08:23:51 UTC
(In reply to jcsanz from comment #5)
> Created attachment 199928 [details]
> No problems with Jaybird 6

Please have a look here:
https://www.firebirdsql.org/docs/drivers/java/faq.html#connecting-to-firebird

As I understand it could connect, but Database Meta Data weren't exported well:
https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/jaybird/blob/master/devdoc/jdp/jdp-2022-04-deprecate-ooremote.md

There will be other problems for the bug submitter with Firebird on his system that it doesn't show content of the table. But this is what I could read in Frequently asked Questions of Firebird with Jaybird:
"This URL format is deprecated with jaybird 5 and was removed in Jaybird 6. As a replacement, use the “Firebird External” option in LibreOffice Base."
→ and this format is unusable for server because you couldn't connect to the same table with two different systems at the same time.