[Kexi] Output for search results

Jarosław Staniek js at iidea.pl
Tue Jan 1 14:37:58 CET 2008


Linus Orvalds said the following, On 2007-12-30 19:39:

> Kexi is cool, but there is a function I can't find. It concerns the "Search"
> utility: is it possible to output the result of a search in a table, or a
> list, or wathever?
> The idea is that I have a huge table with information on books (such as title,
> author, etc.) and I would like to have an easy way to find all the books
> whose authors were called John, for example...
> Is it possible to do that with the "query" mode? I found a "Query tool"
> plugin, but I can figure out how to use it... Is there an SQL request which
> could help me?

Hi
You don't ahve to use SQL. Insert your table/tables onto the qeury design area 
and drag your fields to put them on the list.

See also:
1. the handbook
http://docs.kde.org/development/en/koffice/kexi/designing-queries.html
2. example database containing simple queries
http://kde-files.org/content/show.php/Simple+Database?content=23137
3. search for 'query' in the mailing list's archives
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kexi&w=2&r=1&s=query&q=b

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