Re: Reports: Generate or Use Developer?

Hi Susana,

Personaly I use Developer wizards to build apps. Although a considerable amount of customization is required, it may take less time than using Designer plus some customization.

Susanna wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> We are currently in the analysis phase of a project to re-write a
> legacy system using Oracle Des/Dev 6 on NT. We are trying to decide
> whether or not to generate our reports using Designer, or develop them
> from scratch using Report Builder.
>
> From my experiences with Des/Dev so far, the generation process takes a
> long time, but does not add much value. The wizard in Report Builder is
> just as useful, and the amount of customizing that needs to be done in
> Report Builder is very similar whether the report is generated or not.
>
> What do the experienced Oracle developers out there think? Do you
> generate or just develop from scratch?
>
> Susanna
>
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> Before you buy.

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