From: "Paul Kraus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Ok I am in a crunch situation. I have to gather a report from a credit > card system. The system is archaic and runs on windows. On this > software I have to go in for each day since January and print a report > ( you can not do this as a batch :( grrrrr some programmer should be > shot, twice).
How does the system store the data? If they have it in a MS Access (.mdb), dBase or FoxBase (.dbf) or Paradox (.db) it might be quicker to access the data directly via DBI+DBD::ODBC or DBI+DBD::XBase and generate the report yourself in whatever format you need. Been there, done that. Jenda ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED] === http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz ===== When it comes to wine, women and song, wizards are allowed to get drunk and croon as much as they like. -- Terry Pratchett in Sourcery -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
