1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
|
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
***********************************************************************
*
* OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
*
* $RCSfile: data_enter_sql.xhp,v $
*
* $Revision: 1.14 $
*
* last change: $Author: kz $ $Date: 2006-10-05 13:31:18 $
*
* The Contents of this file are made available subject to
* the terms of GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1.
*
*
* GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1
* =============================================
* Copyright 2005 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
* 901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License version 2.1, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
* MA 02111-1307 USA
*
************************************************************************
-->
<helpdocument version="1.0">
<meta>
<topic id="textsharedguidedata_enter_sqlxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Executing SQL Commands</title>
<filename>/text/shared/guide/data_enter_sql.xhp</filename>
</topic>
<history>
<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2006-06-14T15:10:58">fpe: changed to match new database interface</lastedited>
</history>
</meta>
<body>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3152801"><bookmark_value>SQL; executing SQL commands</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>queries;creating in SQL view</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>commands;SQL</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>executing;SQL commands</bookmark_value>
</bookmark><comment>mw changed "SQL;executing commands"</comment>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152801" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="67"><variable id="data_enter_sql"><link href="text/shared/guide/data_enter_sql.xhp" name="Executing SQL Commands">Executing SQL Commands</link>
</variable></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147008" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="68">With the help of SQL commands you can control the database directly, and can also create and edit tables and queries.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3153562" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="72">Not all database types support all SQL instructions. If necessary, find out which SQL commands are supported by your database system.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id9577929" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">To execute an SQL statement directly</paragraph>
<list type="ordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7923825" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - Open</emph> to open a database file.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9448530" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Tools - SQL</emph>.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151176" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="91">Click the <emph>Create Query in SQL View</emph> icon
<image id="img_id3154071" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_dbnewquerysql.png" width="0.222inch" height="0.222inch"><alt id="alt_id3154071" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
</image> or</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145786" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="92">Select an existing query from the list and click the <emph>Edit</emph> icon
<image id="img_id3156212" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_dbqueryedit.png" width="0.222inch" height="0.222inch"><alt id="alt_id3156212" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
</image>.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3083443" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="94">In the <emph>Query</emph> window, choose <emph>View - Switch Design View On/Off</emph>. Edit the SQL command.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152460" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="96">Click the <emph>Run</emph> icon
<image id="img_id3152886" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_sbanativesql.png" width="0.222inch" height="0.222inch"><alt id="alt_id3152886" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
</image>. The result of the query is displayed in the upper window.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149298" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="98">Click the <emph>Save</emph> or <emph>Save As</emph> icon
<image id="img_id3153159" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_save.png" width="0.222inch" height="0.222inch"><alt id="alt_id3153159" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
</image> to save the query.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<section id="relatedtopics">
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153223" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="105"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/02010100.xhp" name="Query Design">Query Design</link></paragraph>
<embed href="text/shared/guide/database_main.xhp#database_main"/>
</section>
</body>
</helpdocument>
|
