[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 108572] New: Mail merge: embedded database isn' t properly discarded when working with MS Office starting documents

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            Bug ID: 108572
           Summary: Mail merge: embedded database isn't properly discarded
                    when working with MS Office starting documents
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 5.4.0.0.beta2
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: baron at caesar.elte.hu

Created attachment 134067
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Sample starting document (DOCX)

Attaching an overly simplistic sample mail merge starting document (DOCX) and
address list (ODS, but format doesn't matter), but the behavior is independent
of the content.

- Open the starting document (DOCX).
- Start mail merge wizard.
- Jump to step 3. Insert address block, open Select Address List... and after
clicking Add..., select the address list spreadsheet. Click OK in the dialog.
- Cancel mail merge wizard, and close Writer without saving anything.
- Restart LibreOffice, and check databases in Tools -> Options...; LibreOffice
Base -> Databases.

=> There is a database with the address list spreadsheet file name ("data
source" in the sample), and something like this for database file:
"vnd.sun.star.pkg://file:%2F%2F%2FD:%2Fbug%2Fmm%20document.docx/EmbeddedDatabase"
Note that no such entry remains if the starting document is an ODT.

While nothing was saved in this case, the same thing happens if the document is
saved as DOCX/DOC, as embedded database doesn't get saved in MS Office formats,
yet the database remains in the list afterwards.

It would be great if defunct embedded database entries were removed on start in
general (a crash with the file open could leave one even in case of ODTs).

Observed using LO 5.4beta2 / Windows 7.

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