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38 <topic id=
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39 <title id=
"tit" xml-lang=
"en-US">Database Selection
</title>
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44 <section id=
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45 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"index" id=
"bm_id2082583"><bookmark_value>databases; connecting (Base)
</bookmark_value>
46 </bookmark><comment>mw moved databases;formats (base) to shared/explorer/database/dabawiz00.xhp
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47 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"par_idN1054D" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"1" l10n=
"NEW"><link href=
"text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz01.xhp">Database Selection
</link></paragraph>
48 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_idN1055D" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"CHG"><ahelp hid=
".">Creates a new database, opens a database file, or connects to an existing database.
</ahelp></paragraph>
50 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_GENERAL_RB_CREATEDBDATABASE" id=
"bm_id2482985" localize=
"false"/>
51 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"par_idN10585" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"NEW">Create a new database
</paragraph>
52 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_idN10589" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW"><ahelp hid=
".">Select to create a new database.
</ahelp>This option uses the HSQL database engine with default settings. The final page of the wizard appears next.
</paragraph>
53 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id8584246" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW"><link href=
"http://hsqldb.org/">External web page about HSQL
</link>.
</paragraph>
54 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_GENERAL_RB_OPENEXISTINGDOC" id=
"bm_id8278756" localize=
"false"/>
55 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/dbaccess_RadioButton_PAGE_GENERAL_RB_OPENEXISTINGDOC" id=
"bm_id2400585" localize=
"false"/>
56 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"par_idN105F9" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"NEW">Open an existing database file
</paragraph>
57 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_idN105FD" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW"><ahelp hid=
".">Select to open a database file from a list of recently used files or from a file selection dialog.
</ahelp></paragraph>
58 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_GENERAL_LB_DOCUMENTLIST" id=
"bm_id2050538" localize=
"false"/>
59 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/dbaccess_ListBox_PAGE_GENERAL_LB_DOCUMENTLIST" id=
"bm_id5958128" localize=
"false"/>
60 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"par_idN10614" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"NEW">Recently used
</paragraph>
61 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_idN10618" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW"><ahelp hid=
".">Select a database file to open from the list of recently used files. Click Finish to open the file immediately and to exit the wizard.
</ahelp></paragraph>
62 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_GENERAL_PB_OPENDOCUMENT" id=
"bm_id1602832" localize=
"false"/>
63 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/dbaccess_PushButton_PAGE_GENERAL_PB_OPENDOCUMENT" id=
"bm_id6427198" localize=
"false"/>
64 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"par_idN1062F" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"NEW">Open
</paragraph>
65 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_idN10633" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW"><ahelp hid=
".">Opens a file selection dialog where you can select a database file. Click Open or OK in the file selection dialog to open the file immediately and to exit the wizard.
</ahelp></paragraph>
66 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_GENERAL_RB_GETEXISTINGDATABASE" id=
"bm_id5028229" localize=
"false"/>
67 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"par_idN1058C" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"NEW">Connect to an existing database
</paragraph>
68 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_idN10590" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW"><ahelp hid=
".">Select to create a database document for an existing database connection.
</ahelp></paragraph>
69 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/HID_DSADMIN_DSTYPE" id=
"bm_id763267" localize=
"false"/>
70 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"par_idN10593" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"NEW">Database type
</paragraph>
71 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_idN10597" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW"><ahelp hid=
".">Select the database type for the existing database connection.
</ahelp></paragraph>
72 <paragraph role=
"note" id=
"par_idN1059A" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW">The Outlook, Evolution, KDE Address Book, and Mozilla database types do not need additional information. For other database types, the wizard contains additional pages to specify the required information.
</paragraph>
73 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_idN10611" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW">The next wizard page is one of the following pages:
</paragraph>
74 <embed href=
"text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz02.xhp#nextsteps"/>
75 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_idN1061C" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW"><link href=
"text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz02text.xhp">Set up text file connection
</link></paragraph>
76 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_idN1062B" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"CHG"><link href=
"text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz02access.xhp">Set up Microsoft Access or Microsoft Access
2007 connection
</link></paragraph>
77 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_idN1063A" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW"><link href=
"text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz02ldap.xhp">Set up LDAP connection
</link></paragraph>
78 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_idN10658" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW"><link href=
"text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz02ado.xhp">Set up ADO connection
</link></paragraph>
79 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_idN10667" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW"><link href=
"text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz02jdbc.xhp">Set up JDBC connection
</link></paragraph>
80 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_idN10676" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW"><link href=
"text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz02oracle.xhp">Set up Oracle database connection
</link></paragraph>
81 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_idN10685" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW"><link href=
"text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz02mysql.xhp">MySQL settings
</link></paragraph>
82 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_idN10694" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW"><link href=
"text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz02odbc.xhp">ODBC settings
</link></paragraph>
83 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_idN106A3" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW"><link href=
"text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz02spreadsheet.xhp">Set up Spreadsheet connection
</link></paragraph>