dfm@sagepub.UUCP (David F. McCune) (05/21/89)
I have been using Oracle 5.1.17 (Developer's copy) for about
six months on a Xenix 2.3.1 system. On the one hand, I like
Oracle's speed and robustness. But I sure wish there were
a friendly report-writer front-end that non-technical users
could use for ad-hoc queries and reports. All I have is
SQL*PLUS and the RPT report writer. Sure, I can use it
to generate canned reports for the folks in the office,
but they can't use it. They're used to far better database
front-ends, such as XDB or RBASE or dBase.
Is there any sql-based, user-friendly report writer for Oracle?
And is there a query-by-example front-end anywhere?
You get the feeling from Oracle that it was written by a bunch
of compu-priests in white coats who want to make sure that non-
technical users never get at the data. In other words, it's OLD!
If anyone knows of a better solution, please let me know.
Thanks!
-David
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