[Gllug] Access Database to MySQL / PostreSQL

[Andy Farnsworth]

  I hate to admit this, but I have incorporated Crystal Reports into an
application we were developing.  It was tricky, but once we got it working
it was nice.  That said, once you have done this, it would be fairly easy to
automate running of reports.
  I have also written a custom function for Crystal Reports, again a bit
tricky, but once it was done, it was nice.  I don't know of anything like
Crystal Reports in the Open Source community, it is pretty much a roll your
own type scenario out here.

Andy Farnsworth

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tethys
> Sent: June 13 2003 12:04
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] Access Database to MySQL / PostreSQL
>
> Bernard Peek writes:
>
> >It's worth noting that there's a successful commercial product (Crystal
> >Reports) that is virtually a clone of the report-generator in Access. I
> >haven't found any open-source equivalent.
>
> And boy does it suck! We've used it for some report generation from
> an Oracle database, and it's pretty grim. You also can't automate it.
> We wanted to produce daily reports, but Crystal is heavily geared
> towards interactive use. Yes, you *can* schedulke reports, but it's
> like pulling teeth...
>
> Tet


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