[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 129772] New: LibreOffice Base lacks documentation on ODBC in general and MDB in particular

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            Bug ID: 129772
           Summary: LibreOffice Base lacks documentation on ODBC in
                    general and MDB in particular
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.0.7.3 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Base
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: noloader at gmail.com

Created attachment 156918
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LibreOffice Base, no data source

I am working on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS x86_64 fully patched. LibreOffice version is
6.0.7.3. I am trying to connect to a MS Access database.

At Step (1) I selected "connect to existing database" using "odbc source". At
Step (2) I am presented with when attempting to browse to the MDB database (see
image). The problem is, I have not been able to set up a data source or connect
to the database.

At the moment the problem is with the documentation. The documentation is at
https://documentation.libreoffice.org/assets/Uploads/Documentation/en/GS5.1/HTML/GS5108-GettingStartedWithBase.html.
The docs say how to create a a LibreOffice Base database, and how to create or
register a ODB database; but I can't find anything about MDB databases.

Clicking the Help button in the Data Source dialog opens help for LibreOffice
Writer. Sigh...

I've been fumbling through the process, but I have not been successful. Also
see
https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/223644/how-to-create-data-source-for-mdb-database/
and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1858165 .

Please provide the documentation for creating or registering a data source for
a MDB database. If LibreOffice does not support MDB databases, then please
clearly state it in the documentation.

I've wasted 1 1/2 days on this (on and off), and others have been wasting their
time on this going back at least 10 years. It is a chronic problem, and users
are wasting a lot of time due to poor documentation.

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