Re: Saving database data in a file on the client PC - How?

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>>Thanks Gerard, but I've been told in no uncertain terms that I'n not allowed
>>to put any files on the Forms server or the Web Server. Somehow, the data
>>has to get straight from the Database Server to the client PC. We're using
>>Forms V6.x.x by the way.
>>
>>We do have a way of doing this at the moment, but it involves the user
>>opening and using two other tools in addition to Forms. It's a bit
>>cumbersome but it works, and that will probably have to do for now.
>>
>>Anyway, thanks for yours and others contributions and suggestions.
>>

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> There is no need to put files on one of the servers: 
> web.show_document can call a cgi that generates the data for the user.
>  Normally cgi would generate html, in which case the user would see
> his data in the browser before he could save it, but I think cgi might
> generate other mime-types, upon which the browser would ask the user
> what to do with it.
> 
> Scuse me for being stubborn.
> 
> Gerard

Actually you should be able to use mod_plsql to handle this. Using owa_util.mime_header you can tell the browser you're sending text/plain or text/csv (which will cause Excel to rear its ugly head on most Windows clients). Received on Thu Aug 15 2002 - 00:51:09 CEST