Name a GREAT batch report writer

We are planning an application that outputs > 100,000 pages per run (several runs/month) of data summaries.

We need a versatile report writer that can handle this kind of volume, where price is not the primary motivator (so long as the cost doesn't get too far away from $5,000).

It would be nice if the package handles huge (> 100,000 page) runs well (no temp files like runrep).

Ideally, it would be efficient in terms of CPU use and throughput, as we don't care at all about response times.

We will be constantly adding new reports for extraction, so it needs to be versatile and fairly easy to use. It should handle groups, group summaries, etc. and give the developer absolute control over the page layout. We will be needing to add pie/chart/line/etc graphs to the application in the future, and it would be way cool if one package did that as well.

Finally, it would be wonderful if the report writer had some slick pl/sql like programming language to use in the situations where "standard" report writing won't do the transformations you need.

Can anyone suggest a report writer like this? What are your experiences?

Feel free to e-mail; I'll post a summary.

Thanx,
Marty (output_at_netcom.com) Received on Sun Jan 29 1995 - 01:43:12 CET