Re: Report Writing on Linux...

On Tue, 18 Apr 2000 jhazelw@my-deja.com wrote: > What is the best way to generate generic database reports using Informix > 9.2 under Linux given the following: > > I cannot use Perl. Why cant you use Perl ? Its easy to install on Linux and DBD::Informix is too if you have a working setup in the first place. Infact I would be surprised if Perl isnt already installed on the system. If for some peculiar reason you cant install any new modules then you can still use Perl to manipulate the output from dbaccess. > I cannot use NT. Well thats understandable. > > For the life of me, I haven't found a quick and simple solution that > should exist. All I want to do is select some data and just do some > simple formatting. All Informix has to do is add a few simple commands > to dbaccess. > > Does 4GL work on Linux? Are there any 3rd party reporting tools that I > can use? Dbaccess is way too limited...I guess I'll have to write > an ugly unix script. > I've worked places where reports were generated using dbaccess and AWK for instance - I would rather not have to do that but its not difficult. Of course 4GL *is* available for Linux and so is ISQL which gives you the ACE report thingy. I guess I am having difficulty understanding the constraints you are facing. /J\\ -- Jonathan Stowe <mailto:Jonathan.Stowe@dircon.net> Analyst/Programmer, Direct Connection Connection House, 9 Selsdon Way, Cityharbour, London E14 <http://www.dircon.net>;