Re: reporting tools

Can you clarify the need / value added for reporting tool, over just running
queries and packaging the output in HTML (with a little CSS for styling, you
can get near PDF quality). This can be done in SQL and a tad of PHP (or
Ruby).

On 10/15/07, Geoffrey <lists(at)serioustechnology(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Ned Lilly wrote:
> > On 10/14/2007 6:41 PM Geoffrey wrote:
> >> Bill Moran wrote:
> >>> Geoffrey <lists(at)serioustechnology(dot)com> wrote:
> >>>> Andrus wrote:
> >>>>>> I guess I should have noted that we will need to run this on Linux
> >>>>>> clients.
> >>>>> Geoffrey,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> You can run FYIReporting engine in Linux using MONO (
> >>>>> www.go-mono.com )
> >>>> Thanks, we're looking for something that will run natively on Linux.
> >>>
> >>> I read this, almost deleted it, read it again ...
> >>>
> >>> Just in case there's confusion, MONO + FYIReporting _is_ native on
> >>> Linux.
> >>>
> >>> At least, as much so as Java on Linux is.
> >>
> >> We are not interested in using any Microsoft technologies, or
> >> technologies based on Microsoft technologies.
> >>
> >> It's a philosophical position.
> >
> >
> > Geoffrey, have you looked at OpenRPT?
> >
> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/openrpt
>
> Yes, and it is looking like the app we will be going with. Thanks.
>
>
> --
> Until later, Geoffrey
>
> Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
> temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
> - Benjamin Franklin
>
> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to
> choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not
> match
>