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Thread ID: 115443 2011-01-18 21:29:00 Software to generate/veiw SQL reports ? 1101 (13337) Press F1
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1170818 2011-01-18 21:29:00 Hi there
Any suggestions for easy to use SQL report viewer that can generate/merge a single report from several SQL databases, all with identical fields
ie the different databases are just the different company city branches, but all on the same server.

Cheers
1101 (13337)
1170819 2011-01-18 21:42:00 Which DBMS are we talking about here?

Do you know the necessary SQL dialect to write the queries yourself, or are you looking for something with a GUI query builder?

How many databases are you generating this report from? Are we talking single digits, or hundreds, or somewhere in between?

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Erayd (23)
1170820 2011-01-18 21:52:00 Sorry , I dont have alot of info on this. i was given minimum info & asked to
look into it.

Approx 10 databases, all using same software-just different database for each city branch.
Crystal Reports is installed, user finding it too hard to use.
He wants basic reports from all databases merged into one.
1101 (13337)
1170821 2011-01-18 22:13:00 OK - and do you need a web interface for it, or is this just needed as a desktop application?

If you just need a basic desktop report and don't want to resort to scripting, then Access will handle this pretty easily, and provides a GUI for most common tasks.

Can you find out which DBMS is being used? Some allow for cross-database selects, and others don't. If yours does, it may make your life a bit simpler, depending on the tool you end up using.
Erayd (23)
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