Re: Oracle Discoverer - Report Writing Tool

It is always tempting to read the word FREE! The sixtyfour-thousand dollar question is: Why?

The issue is what the purpose of the tool is and the enviroment you want to use it in. There is absolutely no doubt that technically spoken the BOTH solv the INFORMATION OUT problem.

Seagate is a REPORTING tool. Discoverer is an ANALYSIS tool.

If THE LOOKS are more important than the PERFORMANCE I would consider Seagate (or maybe Oracle Reports) If PERFORMANCE is more important than THE LOOKS I would definately go for Discoverer.

I would recommend that you consider the needs and possibilities over price. And maybe choose both tools for different and focussed purposes!?

Cheers

and good luck!

Niels Jessen
Twinsoft Scandinavia A/S

Offsite Data Services - Support Analyst <support_at_dbmonitor.com> wrote in message news:CHUc3.32$vl2.2662_at_typ31b.nn.bcandid.com...
> We use both at our site, but Seagate is probably the easier of the two. As
> well as the fact that you can do distributed reporting with Crystal Info.
> This function is not really available with Discoverer. Each has it's place
> but Crystal Info requires a lot less maintenance and is easier for non
> developers to use. HTH
> Nick West wrote in message
> <826EAA95F0C7D2119DD40008C71BCF16029094_at_VELOMAIL>...
> >We are looking for a report writer to use against our Oracle 8 platform
> >and have been suggested Oracle Discoverer but we were looking a Seagate
> >Info. Any views on which of the two is better?
> >
> >The Seagate Info package can now be obtained free for 50 clients and 1
> >designer so Discoverer will have to offer alot to beat it at the moment.
> >
> >Any views from users of both?
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Nick West
> >MIS Manager
> >VELO Ltd
> >Vehicle Leasing Organisation
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Wed Jun 30 1999 - 13:47:52 CEST