To follow up on that . Downloaded 7.0 alpha and it is the same as 6.4 for now.
The migration assistant offers the chance to review a wiki page with information about it, at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/HowTo/MigrateFromHSQLDB Which thanks mostly to Robert G. I believe has lots of good information about it. HTH Drew On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 11:18 PM Drew Jensen <[email protected]> wrote: > Howdy, > > I can only pass on what I see in 6.4 right now. > > On fresh install > - HSQLdb is still the default, but Firebird is available > - Opening an hsql based file does not trigger the migration assistant > > Turn on Experimental features: > - Firebird becomes the default engine. > - connecting to an HSQL based base file will trigger the migration > assistant > -- this includes opening the HSQL based base file in any way, mail merge, > from the beamer window and vie the Base GUI. > > Best wishes, > > Drew > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 11:09 PM Jean Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Release notes and related blog posts for Base 6.x say Firebird Embedded is >> now the default, and DB files created using HSQLDB should be migrated to >> Firebird. A Firebird Migration Assistant is mentioned. I’ve seen nothing >> more about this (I may not be looking in the right places) and wonder how >> much should be said in Getting Started Guide chapter on Base. Please >> advise. Thanks. >> >> Jean >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: >> [email protected] >> Problems? >> https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ >> Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy >> > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
