János Juhász wrote: > > Dear Kent, > > > > > May someone recommend any simple solution to distribute some dozen > > > parametrizable sql reports > > > for some dozen users with a minimal access controll. > > > Some kind of charting possibilty needed, but I needn't web-based > front end. > > > I'm not sure I understand your requirements. Do you want a way for a > > dozen users to be able to create reports from a database, where they > > select some parameters and create the report on demand? > > Currently I have some crystal reports, some dozen excel tables with > simple or complicated > database queries and some delphi programs with some grids and sometimes > with charts. > All of these 'reports' and it's contents are managed by the IT department. > My dream to have a central repository of database reports, > organized based on the workflow and controlled by the controlling > department. > The distribution can be made by filesystem level (each report a separate > file), > or by application level (the report manager shows a tree with the > accessible reports). > > The candidates are till now: > crystal report server > ms reporting services > commercial reportlab
So you want a program that will generate the report files automatically? What about the open source ReportLab? You might still want to look at Dabo, it has a report generator built on ReportLab that adds some database integration. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor