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Tutorial on using LibreOffice charting capabilities with data stored in a SQL database.

The following macro was developed in order to use LibreOffice charting capabilities with data stored in a SQL database.

How to use it

After downloading the Populate-spreadsheet-from-db.ods LibreOffice file:

Open the document and enter the information to connect to your SQL database
Press the Load data button
If the data was successfully imported, press Create chart

NOTE: The macros connect to a database and will do nothing if that database is not available. So you can not expect it to just work from downloading the file alone.

Downloads

File:Populate-spreadsheet-from-db by-lanedoCOM.ods

How it works

The macro connects to a SQL database and populates the spreadsheet. This data is then used to produce a chart.

REM  *****  BASIC  *****

Function db_escape (str As String, connection) As String
 Dim delim As String
 meta = connection.getMetaData ()
 delim = meta.getIdentifierQuoteString ()
 db_escape = delim & str & delim
End Function

Sub LoadDataFromDB

Dim dm
Dim driver
Dim params(1) As New com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue

REM Get Current Spreadsheet
REM http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/sheet/module-ix.html
REM  http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/sheet/SpreadsheetDocument.html (getSheets -> XSpreadsheets)
REM http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/table/module-ix.html
doc = ThisComponent
addr = doc.getCurrentSelection().getCellAddress()
sheet = doc.getSheets().getByIndex(addr.Sheet)

REM rSheets->insertNewByName(OUString::createFromAscii("MySheet"), (short)0)

draw_page = sheet.DrawPage
db_form = draw_page.Forms.GetByIndex(0)
hst_ctl = db_form.getByName ("txtHost")
usr_ctl = db_form.getByName ("txtUser")
pwd_ctl = db_form.getByName ("txtPwd")
dbm_ctl = db_form.getByName ("txtDBM")
sts_ctl = db_form.getByName ("lblStatus")

host = hst_ctl.Text
usr = usr_ctl.Text
pwd = pwd_ctl.Text
dbm = dbm_ctl.Text

url = "jdbc:mysql://" & host & "/" & dbm & "?user=" & usr & "&password=" & pwd
Print "Connecting to " & dbm & " on " & host
sts_ctl.Label =  "Connecting to " & dbm & " on " & host

REM Database Setup
dm = CreateUnoService ("com.sun.star.sdbc.DriverManager")

params(0).Name = "JavaDriverClass"
params(0).Value = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"

con = dm.getConnectionWithInfo (url, params())

if IsNull (con) Then
	MsgBox "Could not connect to DB"
	Exit Sub
End if

sts_ctl.Label = "Fetching data from DB ..."
stmt = con.CreateStatement()
sqltxt = "SELECT * FROM " & db_escape("key_value", con)
res = stmt.executeQuery (sqltxt)

If IsNull (res) OR IsEmpty (res) Then
	MsgBox "Nothing in tables"
	Exit Sub
End If

Do While res.next ()
	meta = res.getMetaData()
	REM c = meta.getColumnCount ()
	REM http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/sdbc/XRow.html
	REM Print res.getInt (1) & res.getString (2) & res.getFloat (3)
	cur_row = res.getRow ()
	cell = sheet.getCellByPosition (0, cur_row)
	cell.Value = res.getInt (1)
	cell.HoriJustify = com.sun.star.table.CellHoriJustify.CENTER
	cell = sheet.getCellByPosition (1, cur_row)
	cell.String = res.getString (2)
	cell = sheet.getCellByPosition (2, cur_row)
	cell.Value = res.getFloat (3)
Loop

sts_ctl.Label = "Data loaded!"

End Sub

Sub CreateChart

Dim rect As New com.sun.star.awt.Rectangle
Dim ra(0) As New com.sun.star.table.CellRangeAddress

rect.X = 1000
rect.Y = 9000
rect.Width = 10000
rect.Height = 7000

ra(0).Sheet = 0
ra(0).StartColumn = 1
ra(0).StartRow = 0
ra(0).EndColumn = 2
ra(0).EndRow = 9

doc = ThisComponent
sheet = Doc.Sheets(0)
charts = sheet.Charts
charts.addNewByName("Bar Chart", Rect, ra(), True, True)
chart = charts.getByName("Bar Chart").EmbeddedObject

End Sub

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