Access .odb created Libre Office 5 under LO 6 ? [SOLVED]

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Access .odb created Libre Office 5 under LO 6 ? [SOLVED]

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I have a .odb database file created with Libre Office Base 5 under LMDE3. I now want to access it with LO Base 6 under LMDE4. I get an error

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The connection to the external data source could not be established. No SDBC driver was found for the URL 'sdbcembedded:hsqldb'.
Suggestions how to solve this welcomed !

Ron
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Re: Access .odb created Libre Office 5 under LO 6 ?

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I am pretty sure you are missing a necessary package. Open Software Manager and make sure libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb is installed.
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Re: Access .odb created Libre Office 5 under LO 6 ?

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BINGO !!!! You were correct. Installed the package, and I now have access to the database.

Pity the package is not part of the LMDE4 base, along with Libre Office. I assume the equivalent package was part of the LMDE3 base as I don't remember any problems. Nor with LMDE2, for that matter, and thinking back, that database might well have been created with LMDE2 and whatever level of LO was current at that time.

Many Thanks

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