Re: Printable report generation

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