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Subject: Using Kexi databases/queries in KWord (or other KOffice apps)
From: Matija =?utf-8?q?=C5=A0uklje?= <matija.suklje () rutka ! net>
Date: 2006-07-27 22:07:44
Message-ID: 200607280007.46786.matija.suklje () rutka ! net
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Hi!
First of all I have to say that this was my *first* real attempt to use a DB
application in an office suite. This is a description of what I *imagined* a
DB app should be good for in such a suite and how I didn't get my work done
as I planned.
Problem I wanted to solve:
My brother and me are doing garden work for the whole house and have to write
reports what and when we did something to get paid.
How I *imagined* it could be done:
- make a DB in Kexi
- make a document (or template) in KWord that would query the DB and for that
month
- make a spreadsheet table showing when what was done by whom ordered by
date
- make a shortened report how work each "worker" has done and how much he
earned in that month (e.g. Worker A watered the garden 12 times, cut the
grass 5 times and therefore earned XYZ € this month)
- attach a short price list.
- eventually maybe even make a script that would generate such a document by
itself alltogether
What I've done so far:
- make a DB in Kexi with a table for adding when who's done what in the garden
and a pricelist table
- made an interface for adding/viewing the table in Kexi ...and deleted it,
finding out I don't need it :P
- found out I've grinded to a halt...
What I think still needs to be done, but have no clue how to do:
- make a query to list all the work done in the last month (or another, if
asked to)
- make a query to sum up all the work done by a "worker" and calculate how
much pay he should get
- put all that into KWord --- seems imposible to me right now o_O
- after that maybe toy with making a script to do it all automagically :P
Soooo, after this rather lenghtly explanation of what I've tried to do (and
how very miserably I've failed at it), I ask for any help - even if it's "sod
that and go make a spreadsheet out of it - it'll be simpler!".
I found it quite odd that I couldn't find any way to call queries from Kexi in
KWord. Being a newbie in the office DB usage, it just occured to me that this
was the only reason why someone would actually want a DB app in an office
bundle - to get more complicated queries from a (bigger and/or complicated)
DB into a simple spreadsheet, document or even drawing/diagram.
p.s. I sent this e-mail already to the kexi list some days ago, but got no
reply yet.
Best regards,
Matija Å uklje
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