Re: First-class QueryTable support?

[Jean Brefort <jean brefort normalesup org>]

Currently, gnumeric gda plugin does not build, this is bug #604690. I
have a partial patch, but it still needs testing and probably some work,
unfortunately I almost never use databases and time is lacking at the
moment (this is most often the case, unfortunately).
I'll attach my patch to the bug report. We probably need a login dialog.

Jonathan, you are welcome :-)

Cheers,
Jean



Le dimanche 04 juillet 2010 à 22:39 -0600, Andreas Guelzow a écrit :
> On Sun, 2010-07-04 at 23:12 -0400, Jonathan DePeri wrote:
> > Excel, for example, has QueryTables. You create an "object" that lives
> > somewhere in a sheet and which when refreshed runs a query on the
> > external data source and displays the query's result set on the sheet.
> > I have found this indispensable in working with spreadsheets, since
> > all the data I work with is stored in a database.
> >
> > It's evident from just that page I read that some desired features may
> > be missing from Gnumeric's query interface. The fact that it's
> > completely undocumented also led me to wonder whether it's still being
> > designed/developed.
>
> PLease do not jump to conclusion from the missing documentation. Lots of
> Gnumeric's features are not documented and many of the documented
> features have changed over time. In fact usually things that are
> actively worked tend to be poorly documented. 
>
> There are fewer than a handful of active developers and none is really
> interested in the documentation aspect. With respect to query tables,
> you may just want to try out what Gnumeric can already do via gda and
> then propose improvements (ideally with appropriate patches).
>
> Andreas
>
> PS: you can typically find us on the #gnumeric channel of irc.gimp.org
>
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