Re: My First ooBase Database

2015-03-08 Thread Julian Thomas
> On Mar 8, 2015, at 12:57, Vince B. wrote: > > Have not yet grasped the concept of a "Relational Database Manager System". > For now, I am trying to learn the basics, and, ultimately, have a useful end- > product whenever I feel successful! This may help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rel

Re: My First ooBase Database

2015-03-08 Thread Brian Barker
At 12:57 08/03/2015 -0400, Vince Bonly wrote: On Mar 6, 2015, at 03:19, Brian Barker wrote: At 21:03 05/03/2015 +, Vince Bonly wrote: OKay! Have learned that table editing must be initiated via a right-click drop-down menu on the highlighted name of table, rather than attempting to use the

Re: My First ooBase Database

2015-03-08 Thread Vince B.
Brian, thank you: You hit on very good points, and I do appreciate them. So, to edit data within a Table, use the Edit menu tab near top of screen; to edit the structure of Table, use the context- menu while Table name is highlighted. I am no expert at using spreadsheets either, but am findin

Re: My First ooBase Database

2015-03-06 Thread Brian Barker
At 21:03 05/03/2015 +, Vince Bonly wrote: OKay! Have learned that table editing must be initiated via a right-click drop-down menu on the highlighted name of table, rather than attempting to use the menu-bar's "Edit" tab. I knew it was a simple solution. That's not true: you can always us

Re: My First ooBase Database

2015-03-05 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Vince, Vince (II): WA2RSX schrieb: Using AOO 4.1.1 on Win8 machine. Followed tutorial (http://sheepdogguides.com/fdb/fdb1tableone.htm), and wonder why a field for ZipCode is not included. Now trying to revise/edit my NameAddrPhone table, which does have an ID (autofill) column, to include

Re: My First ooBase Database

2015-03-05 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 06-Mar-15 08:03, Vince (II): WA2RSX wrote: OKay! Have learned that table editing must be initiated via a right-click drop-down menu on the highlighted name of table, rather than attempting to use the menu-bar's "Edit" tab. I knew it was a simple solution. Beginning to get a little feel

Re: My First ooBase Database

2015-03-05 Thread Vince (II): WA2RSX
OKay!  Have learned that table editing must be initiated via a right-click drop-down menu on the highlighted name of table, rather than attempting to use the menu-bar's "Edit"  tab.   I knew it was a simple solution.  Beginning to get a little feel for ooBase.  My next task is to be able to inse

Re: My First ooBase Database

2015-03-04 Thread Brian Barker
At 07:36 04/03/2015 -0500, Vince Bonly wrote: On Mar 3, 2015, at 16:40, Kay Schenk wrote: On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 7:29 AM, Vince Bonly wrote: ... wonder why a field for ZipCode is not included. Now trying to revise/edit my NameAddrPhone table, which does have an ID (autofill) column, to includ

Re: My First ooBase Database

2015-03-04 Thread Vince B.
Thanks for your reply Kay. I do realize that the software must be " global", but my point of difficulty is that I have not been able to " edit" an existing Table that has been previously Saved? I must redo my steps, carefully. Since this is my first attempt with ooBase, perhaps I do not ha

Re: My First ooBase Database

2015-03-03 Thread Kay Schenk
On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 7:29 AM, Vince (II): WA2RSX wrote: > Using AOO 4.1.1 on Win8 machine. > Followed tutorial (http://sheepdogguides.com/fdb/fdb1tableone.htm), and > wonder why a field for ZipCode is not included. Now trying to revise/edit > my NameAddrPhone table, which does have an ID (auto

My First ooBase Database

2015-03-02 Thread Vince (II): WA2RSX
Using AOO 4.1.1 on Win8 machine.   Followed tutorial (http://sheepdogguides.com/fdb/fdb1tableone.htm), and wonder why a field for ZipCode is not included.  Now trying to revise/edit my NameAddrPhone table, which does have an ID (autofill) column, to include a ZipCode field.  I would also like to