hrm.. you could write some perl scripts to output html.. and use an
html->ps converter.. or html->pdf. (or as carl says.. sgml :)
there are also a few crystal style report writers out there for unix.. tho
they are very expensive.. couple thousand.. but they have direct db access
for a lot of big ones.. like oracle or sybase so you don't have to use
ODBC
Thank You,
Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net)
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Bob Tanner wrote:
> This is a problem I have been struggling with for some time.
>
> Many productivity appplications are moving to the web, but the single biggest
> problem I can see is printing.
>
> Sure, you can have great looking html, but when you print it from the browser,
> it just sucks.
>
> Many applications store their data in a database, but as LDAP get more press,
> many thing in a database might (should?) move to LDAP.
>
> Are there any open source tools that will help you write reports using a
> database or directory server as a data repository?
>
> Ideally, you could save the reports as pdf, since that seems to be universal
> enough.
>
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