Re: [Q] generating html from a database?

I'd suggest taking a look at Crystal Reports 4.5 Professional. Although there a lot of things about it that I hate, it will do what you require (I think.) I say "I Think" because I haven't personally used the new output to html stuff. Their url is http://www.crystalinc.com.

dedmunds_at_sfu.ca wrote:
>
> I'd like input on how easy/difficult it will be to create HTML documents
> from a relational database.
>
> For example, if one created a product database containing all the standard
> information (name, order number, product description, pricing, etc.), what
> would be the easiest method of producing a separate HTML document for each
> product in the database? Report generators seem to focus on producing
> WYSIWYG output rather than text files containing HTML markup commands.
> My current plan is to use a batch language (like REXX) to query the database
> and build up the output.
>
> I would be very interested in hearing how others have approached this
> problem for various databases. Are there industrial strength databases (DB/2,
> Oracle, SQLServer, Sybase, etc.) that have tools to facilitate this process?
>
> Regards,
>
> Darran Edmundson
> dedmunds_at_sfu.ca
 

-- 
Brian C. Gambs                        
Pacific Development Group      
(210) 344-5193
http://www.pacificgroup.com