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36 <helpdocument version=
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38 <topic id=
"textscalc0112090101xml" indexer=
"include" status=
"PUBLISH">
39 <title id=
"tit" xml-lang=
"en-US">Select Data Source
</title>
40 <filename>/text/scalc/
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12090101.xhp
</filename>
43 <created date=
"2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.
</created>
44 <lastedited date=
"2005-11-11T15:15:36">converted from old format - fpe
</lastedited>
48 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3143268" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"1" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"1">Select Data Source
</paragraph>
49 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3148552" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"2">Select the database and the table or query containing the data that you want to use.
</paragraph>
50 <section id=
"howtoget">
51 <embed href=
"text/scalc/00/00000412.xhp#dndq"/>
53 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3154140" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"3">Selection
</paragraph>
54 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3125863" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"CHG" oldref=
"4"><ahelp hid=
".">You can only select databases that are registered in %PRODUCTNAME. To register a data source, choose
<emph>Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME Base - Databases
</emph>.
</ahelp></paragraph>
55 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/SC:LISTBOX:RID_SCDLG_DAPIDATA:LB_DATABASE" id=
"bm_id3154684" localize=
"false"/>
56 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3151041" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"5">Database
</paragraph>
57 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3156424" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"6"><ahelp hid=
"SC:LISTBOX:RID_SCDLG_DAPIDATA:LB_DATABASE">Select the database that contains the data source that you want to use.
</ahelp></paragraph>
58 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/SC:COMBOBOX:RID_SCDLG_DAPIDATA:CB_OBJECT" id=
"bm_id3151112" localize=
"false"/>
59 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3145364" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"7">Data source
</paragraph>
60 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3149260" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"8"><ahelp hid=
"SC:COMBOBOX:RID_SCDLG_DAPIDATA:CB_OBJECT">Select the data source that you want to use.
</ahelp></paragraph>
61 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/SC:LISTBOX:RID_SCDLG_DAPIDATA:LB_OBJTYPE" id=
"bm_id3153726" localize=
"false"/>
62 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3147428" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"9">Type
</paragraph>
63 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3150010" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"10"><ahelp hid=
"SC:LISTBOX:RID_SCDLG_DAPIDATA:LB_OBJTYPE">Click the source type of for the selected data source.
</ahelp> You can choose from four source types:
"Table",
"Query" and
"SQL" or SQL (Native).
</paragraph>
64 <section id=
"relatedtopics">
65 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3147348" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"11"><link href=
"text/scalc/01/12090102.xhp" name=
"DataPilot dialog">DataPilot dialog
</link></paragraph>