| From: | Herbert Liechti <herbie(at)thinx(dot)ch> |
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| To: | "Roderick A(dot) Anderson" <raanders(at)tincan(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Rich Shepard <rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com>, <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Report generation |
| Date: | 2002-02-15 13:31:42 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.33.0202151426140.6425-100000@standbyme.thinx.ch |
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On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Rich Shepard wrote:
>
> > I've been doing a lot of playing and learning with postgres, and if the
> > subject of report generation is in either the distribution docs or either of
> > the two books I've read, I cannot recall seeing the discussion.
> >
> > What are my options for getting reports from a database, particularly for
> > printing?
We are using a combination of perl and latex for generating high quality
paper output. Advantages of latex
- the perfectly layouted output and
- several target-formats (Postscript, pdf or even html).
And of course it's open source.
Regards Herbie
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