However, creating a database and tables are only the beginning of working with Base. You can easily copy and paste information from an open Base table to other OpenOffice.org applications, but to gain ...

The stand-alone database in OpenOffice.org's latest update is powerful enough to be compared to Microsoft's popular Access database.

LibreOffice Base can make working with remote MySQL databases a snap. Jack Wallen walks you through the steps to make this happen.