Re: sqlreportwriter

In article <25j44h$802_at_crcnis1.unl.edu> nolan_at_helios.unl.edu writes:
>mcitron_at_hsc.usc.edu (Mark Citron) writes:
>
>>Is there a way for reportwriter to access an ascii file to be included
>>in the report.
 

>>We need to have some info printed at the bottom of the
>>page. This info is constantly changing and it would be ideal if a user
>>could simply change a text file instead of learning how to
>>rebuild the entire report.
>
>Two possibilities come to mind. One would be to write a user exit to
>do this and include it in the page footer. The other would be to have
>the text loaded into an Oracle table and print it from there.
>
You could do your report using 'oraperl' in place of the oracle rpt generator.

>Michael Nolan, Sysop for the DBMS RoundTable on GEnie
>nolan_at_notes.tssi.com, dbms_at_genie.geis.com
>(posted from nolan_at_helios.unl.edu)

Forrest Whitcher
Boston Scientific Corp.
fw_at_world.std.com 617.972.4289 Received on Thu Aug 26 1993 - 22:48:03 CEST