Entering the sql command CREATE TABLE ext_log EXTERNAL FILE 'ext_log.txt' (c char(2) character set WIN1251) will cause Libreoffice to hang Tested on Windows7 P.S. I set the severity to minor because it is unlikely that someone will type such a command :)
Seems Firebird doesn't like the character set - definition here. CREATE TABLE ext_log EXTERNAL FILE 'ext_log.txt' (c char(2)); seems to work with a real path. But I couldn't find the file, which has been created. Then I tried to input values into this (non existent, but listed) table. I will get this message: firebird_sdbc error: *Use of external file at location /home/robby/ext_log.txt is not allowed by server configuration caused by 'INSERT INTO "EXT_LOG" ("C") VALUES ('y');' All tested under OpenSUSE 15.1 64bit rpm Linux with LO 6.4.6.2 The original command with character set WIN1251 leads also to a hang of LO.
Created attachment 165374 [details] bt with debug symbols On pc Debian x86-64 with master sources updated today, I could reproduce this.
Just for the record since, according to the bt, it seems it's Firebird lib itself which aborts, I don't know how we could avoid the crash here.
Firebird works well with this command. And and writes characters in the specified encoding. But apparently LO can't figure out the meta information later.
Please note that my LO fell exactly with the CHARACTER SET option. Is firebird still relevant? I see that when creating a new database, Firebird is missing from the selection list. This is if advanced mode is not enabled. in 6.3, it was in normal mode.
(In reply to shar from comment #5) > Is firebird still relevant? I see that when creating a new database, > Firebird is missing from the selection list. This is if advanced mode is not > enabled. in 6.3, it was in normal mode. The internal HSQLDB works better with the GUI of base than the internal Firebird. There are many special bugs only for the internal Firebird database. So it has been put back to an experimental feature.
I didn't find any information about this in the version change texts. But this is very important. It's a pity that the built-in Firebird is again in question. I considered this a big step and a huge plus for LO Base. But nothing do. I guess I was too hasty. So I urgently need to do a reverse conversion to Hbase and forget about the built-in Firebird. Thank you for the information.
For Firebird please see the meta bugs bug 51780 bug 116968 bug 116970
(In reply to avsharapov from comment #7) > I didn't find any information about this in the version change texts. But > this is very important. It's a pity that the built-in Firebird is again in > question. I considered this a big step and a huge plus for LO Base. But > nothing do. > I guess I was too hasty. So I urgently need to do a reverse conversion to > Hbase and forget about the built-in Firebird. Thank you for the information. There's no automatic reverse conversion to HSQLDB. I can only propose you to use backups of your HSQLDB files. About the lacking information, you're right, it's indeed lacking in release notes. (I put tdf#135882 on cc).
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Bug still exists with LO 7.4.3.2 on OpenSUSE 15.3 64bit rpm Linux.