Thanks for the new idea, Steven, it seems that cocoon's xReporter suggested by Bertrand Delacretaz would do what I need, I'll give this a shot first.
Quote, "An xReporter report is not static: the user can be asked for a number of parameters, and can tweak the output using filtering and sorting..." Sorry for the OT but feel necessary. Don Li ________________________________ From: Steven Pierce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 6:06 PM To: user@forrest.apache.org Subject: Re: OT: plugin for web access to a relational database Don, Have you looked at Ruby on Rails. It is a Java based enviroment, but you do not need to know Java to use it. (My understanding of it). It is a quick and dirty way to get things running. I am looking at it for a site that I would like to get up. Steven On 1/24/07, Li, Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks for the note, Steven. The following URL, http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-EclipseDbWebapps/article.html, seems interesting in the sense that it sort of supports what I'd like to do, however, a couple of things stand in the way. * Derby is unnecessary for my case, guess, I can bypass it * From the code sample, it seems that one has to write his own JSP code, also, the sample does not seem to use MVC framework like FORM interface and process are all bundled into one page ... Then what's the point of plug-in? * And don't know if configuring the Web Tools Platform is going to be pain in the b??? Am wondering if this is a good option for an interim solution (boss wants something quick and dirty for now) On the up side, my dev box already has TomCat and JRE installed Regards, Don Li ________________________________ From: Steven Pierce [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 2:06 PM To: user@forrest.apache.org Subject: Re: OT: plugin for web access to a relational database Don, I have heard nothing but good about Eclipse. I was at the ApacheCon this year and it was one of the topics covered. Steven On 1/24/07, Li, Don < [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: Hi, This is sort of OT (off topic). However, bear with me as an open source newbie. Here's what I want to do: finding an open source package that would allow me to provide a Web-based interface to run some canned reports and support dynamic queries off a SQL Server 2000 -based database without writing my own JSP pages or at least making code writing minimal. Did a quick googling for it, it seems that Eclipse Web Tools Platform (WTP) is an option. Before I dive into it, I'd like to see if someone here has done something similar, thoughts/comments? Thanks.
