Re: Advice on Reporting Tools

Definitely encourage you to check out the current version of Oracle Reports, which is embedded in Oracle Developer Suite.

Having been a Crystal Reports user for years, I am quite satisfied that Oracle Reports is worth reviewing seriously.

/Hans

TurkBear wrote:

> As far as I am concerned, and I have used most of the tools out there, Crystal reports Professional ( or Developer if you
> want to use web access) is tops...
>
> It has enough power to do almost anything you want with Oracle ( or many, many other types of ) data and
> is easy enough for a simple reports to be designed with minimal training..
>
> Check it out at:
>
> http://www.crystaldecisions.com/products/crystalreports/
>
> Note: I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of Seagate Software or Crystal..I just like their tool and, apparently so
> do others as it is built in to many commercial apps as the reporting engine...
>
> "James" <james_at_jamesstarritt.com> wrote:
>
> >Reporting is really becomming a drag. I was wondering if I could poll the
> >group and see what tools people are using to report. I have been through
> >Infomaker, ReportSmith and MS Access and they all have their flaws. The
> >bottom line is that is has been it has been about 4-5 years since we
> >evaluated any new reporting tools frankly I simply don't know what other
> >options I have.
> >
> >I need something that can handle jpg images
> >Something that does not require SQL statements, but will allow their use
> >A nice point and click interface would be grand - this is for distribution
> >(hopefully)
> >
> >Any imput would be appreciated. Any reviews or resources that have a URL
> >that I can hop over to would also be good.
> >
> >Gimmie a clue, what are you using and what do you like and dislike about it?
> >
> >J
> >
> >
> >
>
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Received on Sun Jul 22 2001 - 01:53:29 CDT