Fwd PostgreSQL and OpenOffice

From: Joerg Budischewski <joerg@budischewski.com>
To: dev@dba.openoffice.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