Question about Building Reports

From: Christine B. Vonk <christine.vonk_at_nrl.navy.mil>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:32:29 -0400
Message-ID: <cbhgij$bci$1_at_ra.nrl.navy.mil>

Hi -
[Quoted] [Quoted] I'm an end user of an Oracle database containing publication information. I need to take the raw data and create a report using the standard bibliographic format, i.e.;

    Gao, Michael E., Peter L. Fromm, and Paul Guille. "Observations from Space"

    Astrophysical Journal, (48#1), pp. 432-444, 2 Feb 2004

I would like to only bold certain people who fit a criteria, and I would like to italize the Journal name. I also need to insert the punctuation since the data is not stored with the quotes, periods or commas. The data is stored in two tables, one contains the authors names, the other contains everything else. They are linked through a unique number identifier.

My DBA has tried to give me this information using Report Builder, but he is unable to bold, italize, and insert the punctuation. The report he gives me is also broken into chunks, and I have to use MS Word to piece it back together. It is very time consuming! I would think that Oracle has some tool available that can take data from the tables and print them with added punctuation, bolding, etc.

Anyway help in this matter would be greatly appreciated! Received on Fri Jun 25 2004 - 17:32:29 CEST