Re: Oracle Reports 2.5 ?

From: Chris Fischer <cfischer_at_pobox.com>
Date: 1996/10/11
Message-ID: <53mdmh$n0v_at_castle.nando.net>#1/1


"Michael C. Beach" <michael.c.beach_at_boeing.com> wrote:

>We have been using it since its release (as 2.0), like maybe a couple of
>years. We really don't like it, but it does work. We find it cumbersome
>and awkward, and in some cases I have had to abandon reports that got too
>hosed. We use it only because it is a part of the Oracle Developer/2000
>suite, but we have threatened on many occassions to shop for a new report
>tool.

At a previous employer, we did abandon it for Crystal reports. However, there were cases where Crystal (a banded reportwriter) could not produce reports of the complexity we needed. In those cases, we ordered pizza, kissed our significant others adios for a few days and muddled through Oracle Reports. Good luck!!!!
Chris Fischer
cfischer_at_pobox.com Received on Fri Oct 11 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST

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