I really gotta try DataVision one of these days. If this thing works like it's supposed to, I may be able to use this instead of writing innumerable reports in PHP. It's worth a try, and regardless, it looks like a very link-worthy open source project.
DataVision is a database reporting tool similar to Crystal Reports. Reports can be viewed and printed from the application or output as HTML, LaTeX2e, XML, DocBook, or tab- or comma-separated text files. From the LaTeX2e and DocBook output files you can in turn produce PDF, text, HTML, PostScript, and more.
Report descriptions are stored as XML files. This means you can not only use the DataVision GUI, but you may also edit reports using your favorite text editor.
DataVision is written in Java. It runs under Linux, Windows, various flavors of BSD and Unix, and Mac OS X. It can generate reports from Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Informix, hsqldb, Microsoft Access, and any other database with available JDBC drivers.
Monday, June 3, 2002
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