[plug] Reporting

John Breen locutus at borg.apana.org.au
Wed May 23 09:26:03 WST 2001


Pick me, fat cat!

You _seem_ to be right, though I believe the PDF functionality goes a fair
way towards solving the problem.  Has anyone else come across some decent
reporting tools?



----- Original Message -----
From: <Simon.Scott at flexiplan.com>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 9:16 AM
Subject: [plug] Reporting


>
>
> Hi all
>
> Over the last coupla months I have been toying with implementing an
"accounting
> system" (I used the term loosely) in PHP/Postgresql. Part of this will be
the
> implementation of my own language (if people can remember me blathering on
about
> it).
>
> The largest hole I have found in the 'free' software arena is a solid
reporting
> tool. Nothing exists along the line of Crystal Reports/Oracle Reports. I
think
> GNU have something resembling a reporting tool, but it is simple at best.
>
> I would have thought that this problem would have been hit before by
almost
> everyone. Am I missing something?
>
> How useful are the PDF functions in PHP? Would it be possible to write
something
> functional just based on these?
>
> Is anyone interested in possibly starting something? I think its a big
hole we
> need to fill.
>
>
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