kicking off a report from JDBC?

From: <tomh2099_at_my-deja.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 21:42:40 GMT
Message-ID: <8tcssf$cgq$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

I am considering using Oracle reports after having some problems with my current Report tool vendor. However, I haven't found out if there is a way to actually generate the report (not design the report, but kick off a report) from within my java application. Is there a PL/SQL statement that will create report in either PDF or HTML format, something like

CREATE REPORT myreport.rdf TO myoutput.pdf (wishful thinking)

I would like my client application to create the report output using an SQL command over my JDBC connection, and then grab the created file from the server so I can display it with acrobat or a browser. I have never used Oracle Reports. Is this type of thing possible?

Tomh_at_comm.com

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Before you buy. Received on Fri Oct 27 2000 - 16:42:40 CDT