Issue 21859 - Limited characters in memo field in dBase files
Summary: Limited characters in memo field in dBase files
Status: CLOSED NOT_AN_OOO_ISSUE
Alias: None
Product: Base
Classification: Application
Component: code (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.1 RC5
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P4 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: marc.neumann
QA Contact: issues@dba
URL:
Keywords: needmoreinfo
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2003-10-29 14:43 UTC by Unknown
Modified: 2006-05-31 14:29 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Developer Difficulty: ---


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Description Unknown 2003-10-29 14:43:55 UTC
I have discovered that when I import a dBase file that I can certainly get the 
data connected to a data source. But the connection will not recognize memo 
fields as being just that memo fields. It goes to about 50 or so characters & 
no more. The steps of import are to use the standard tabs in sequence within 
Data Sources dialog, & that doesn't work. I tried creating a new table scheme 
on the Tables tab, via the New Table Design button after I found that the Edit 
Table button also didn't enable this. It seems, therefore, that this is a bug, 
& requires some work. Since dBase is the only native way without using an 
outside database to connect without another package in a read/write way that I 
know of, (only that I know of), within OpenOffice, this would be a pretty 
important thing to fix. Anyone using OpenOffice as a contact manager or for 
notes on invoices or other things, as a quick desktop utility would find this 
to be pretty important, pretty fast. I would suggest that this needs to be 
raised on the priority stack, to make it work.
Comment 1 marc.neumann 2003-10-31 10:59:32 UTC
Hi,

I don't get you.
Please provide a step-by-step description what your problem is and how
I can reproduce this. May be you can attach the dbf file with make the
problem.

Thanks & Bye 
Marc
Comment 2 marc.neumann 2003-11-17 09:14:33 UTC
set keyword needmoreinfo
Comment 3 marc.neumann 2004-01-06 14:33:11 UTC
Hi all,

no response from submitter for a long long time.

I will close this as invalid. However fell free to reopen this issue if it still
occurr. If you reopen this issue please provide a step-by-step description how
I can reproduce this issue.

Bye Marc
Comment 4 marc.neumann 2004-01-06 14:33:39 UTC
closed
Comment 5 hans_werner67 2004-02-02 12:25:39 UTC
change subcomponent to 'none'