Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 58542
bug when dragging db records to a text document
Last modified: 2017-05-20 11:22:49 UTC
When you drag&drop records from a dBase database (I didn't check with other formats) into a text document and you select the "Text" format, a lot of random characters are added into the text that I would expect. Those characters are actually part of the text itself. Example: INSTEAD OF Name: John Last Name: Smith City: Atlanta I SEE Name: John Las Last Name: Smith Ci City: Atlanta
Forgot to say: I'm using OOo 2.0 on Ubuntu (unofficial download from http://people.ubuntu.com/~doko/OOo2).
can you attach a sample db with which to reproduce the problem? thanks
Created attachment 32022 [details] Sample dBase file
Note that the bug does NOT happen if you only select the fields with no additional text. For example: ===== <FIRSTNAME> <LASTNAME> <LOCATION> <ZIP> ===== works, while: ===== THIS IS A TEST test: <FIRSTNAME> <LASTNAME> <LOCATION> <ZIP> ===== scrambles the results, and you see: ===== THIS IS A TES test: test: John Smith Atlanta‗ 12345 =====
Forgot to say: tested with different dBase files, each one with different field types and different charsets. It seems to me that it is not a bug with the dBase engine (records are queried and displayed correctly). Thanks. MZ
cannot reproduce with OOo 2.01 RC2; can you give a step-by-step description of what to do to reproduce the bug? thanks
- create a new text document - open View > Data sources - select Databasename > Tables > Tablename - select all records - drag them to your text document - select Insert Database Columns > Insert data as > "Text" - type something like the following THIS IS A TEST testing record: <FIRSTNAME> <LASTNAME> - hit OK and you will see (at least: I can see) the scrambled result. Thanks, MZ
confirmed on Windows XP Pro SP2 with OOo 2.0.1 RC2
Reassigned to MSC.
hi, reassign to the right developer msc -> os: please insert the sample text from "zanonmark" Bye Marc
Reset assigne to the default "issues@openoffice.apache.org".