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The problem is Oracle Report is fine for me, I use it however I need something that is a bit less techy -- this would be for distribution to clients as a preferred Reporting tool
-- James Starritt "Hans Forbrich" <forbrich_at_telusplanet.net> wrote in message news:3B3A2D87.7B4AADD6_at_telusplanet.net...Received on Sun Jul 22 2001 - 01:53:47 CDT
> Definitely encourage you to check out the current version of Oracle
Reports, which is embedded in Oracle Developer Suite.
>
> Having been a Crystal Reports user for years, I am quite satisfied that
Oracle Reports is worth reviewing seriously.
>
> /Hans
>
>
> TurkBear wrote:
>
> > As far as I am concerned, and I have used most of the tools out there,
Crystal reports Professional ( or Developer if you
> > want to use web access) is tops...
> >
> > It has enough power to do almost anything you want with Oracle ( or
many, many other types of ) data and
> > is easy enough for a simple reports to be designed with minimal
training..
> >
> > Check it out at:
> >
> > http://www.crystaldecisions.com/products/crystalreports/
> >
> > Note: I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of Seagate Software
or Crystal..I just like their tool and, apparently so
> > do others as it is built in to many commercial apps as the reporting
engine...
> >
> > "James" <james_at_jamesstarritt.com> wrote:
> >
> > >Reporting is really becomming a drag. I was wondering if I could poll
the
> > >group and see what tools people are using to report. I have been
through
> > >Infomaker, ReportSmith and MS Access and they all have their flaws.
The
> > >bottom line is that is has been it has been about 4-5 years since we
> > >evaluated any new reporting tools frankly I simply don't know what
other
> > >options I have.
> > >
> > >I need something that can handle jpg images
> > >Something that does not require SQL statements, but will allow their
use
> > >A nice point and click interface would be grand - this is for
distribution
> > >(hopefully)
> > >
> > >Any imput would be appreciated. Any reviews or resources that have a
URL
> > >that I can hop over to would also be good.
> > >
> > >Gimmie a clue, what are you using and what do you like and dislike
about it?
> > >
> > >J
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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