Fwd PostgreSQL and OpenOffice

From: Joerg Budischewski <joerg(at)budischewski(dot)com>
To: dev(at)dba(dot)openoffice(dot)org

Hi,

I'd like to announce the availability of a native postgresql driver
version 0.5.0 for OpenOffice.org database API.

The driver's homepage can be found here:

http://dba.openoffice.org/drivers/postgresql/index.html

The postgresql SDBC Driver allows to use the postgresql database
from OpenOffice.org without any other wrapper layer such as odbc
or jdbc. The driver is in a alpha state, the main purpose of this
version is to collect input from the community about the most
needed missing features. Treat this driver with care, it is not
thouroughly tested yet and might (in the worst case) destroy your
data. If you just want a driver, that just works, you should wait
some more time. On the other hand, you have the chance to have
some influence on the current development, so that a final driver
may support the features you need.

The driver is aimed only at the 1.1 OpenOffice.org versions, it may
be used without GUI support also in the 1.0.x version (though this
is not tested yet). I

The final aim is to have an easier to use, faster, more feature
rich database driver than the jdbc-odbc solution. The current
version does not meet all these aims yet. Please have a look at
the open questions paragraph, if you are interested in how you can
help.

Have fun,

Joerg