[plug] Reporting

[John Breen]

Errrmmmm....

I don't think you're dreaming, XML output would be a REALLY nice feature.
Then our reports would be that much easier to handle and generate, and you
PROBABLY wouldn't need a special viewer/engine...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Scott" <simon.scott at flexiplan.com>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] Reporting


> What would be nice is a report generator that accepts some for of
> XML report spec, and the dataset (maybe XML too?) and spits out XML ready
> for rendering to HMTL or PDF
>
> Or am I dreaming?
>
>
>
>
> From: John Breen <locutus at borg.apana.org.au> on 23-05-2001 09:26
> AM
> Please respond to plug at plug.linux.org.au@SMTP at Exchange
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au@SMTP at Exchange
> cc:
>
> Subject: Re: [plug] Reporting
>
> 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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