Basic Questions

[Jaroslaw Staniek]

On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 at 17:38, Swarup <dinbandhu at sprynet.com> wrote:

> Helllo
>
> 1. I am using Kexi Version 3.1.0  in Ubuntu 19.04.
>
> 2. I have very basic needs, such as the need to be able to add another
> column without erasing all my data, and the need to increase the number of
> characters allowed in a cell, without that change erasing all my data. As I
> understand, these things cannot be done in Version 3.1.0.
>

Hello. Right. First step is to upgrade to 3.2.

This topic can be studied here
https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=221&t=132264


> 3. Is there a very easy, user friendly way to update to the latest version
> of Kexi?
>

Always three ways as follows, whatever suits best:

1. Request an easy way from your distributor
2. Change the distributor
3. Install a Flatpak snapshot https://community.kde.org/Kexi/Snapshots

>
> 4. Otherwise, I would like to export my data from Kexi and migrate over to
> MS Access. I have been using Kexi for many, many years-- but these basic
> limitations have made my work impossible.
>

I am sorry about that. The forum thread explains a bit the fact that these
features mean larger endeavours so we need more contributors on board.


>
> 5. I do not see any option in Kexi to export my data to say csv. This is
> an import option, but I do not see an export option. Where is the option to
> export my data?
>

Users can export each table by right-clicking and exporting to a file.
Because these are SQLite tables, users can also run apps like sqlitebrowser
to export all tables in one go (File->Export->CSV).

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