From: | Einar Karttunen <ekarttun(at)cs(dot)Helsinki(dot)FI> |
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To: | SMJ <sm_jender(at)yahoo(dot)com(dot)au> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Printable report generation |
Date: | 2001-08-20 17:29:14 |
Message-ID: | 20010820202914.A10525@cs.helsinki.fi |
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On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 08:15:50AM +0000, SMJ wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently in the progress of setting up a databasing system for a
> sales company, using a pure Linux / Postgresql solution. I've
> traditionally used MS Access 97 for the setup of similar systems, and have
> yet to work out one problem -
>
> What is a viable way to generate printable 'reports', in a similar fashion
> provided by MS Access?
>
> For example, say I've got a postgresql database of client information
> (names, addresses, etc.), and I want to use this information to generate
> envelopes for mailouts. As far as my understanding goes, such
> functionality is not provided by postgresql itself.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
Report generation is not supported by postgresql, but there are tools to do
that. Personally I think the easiest way to do it is to have a (perl)script
generate latex, which can be easily transformed into postscript.
- Einar Karttunen
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