RE: User Query Tools

It's your worst nightmare come true!!!  

The users want to do it 'cause  

1. IS charge to much for the work
2. All it is is a bunch of stuff in a big file thing, how difficult could it be?
3. Isn't it just like a big spreadsheet only different?
4. I built one at home so I know what to look for (the worst one, instant expert!)

Good luck....grin....as for tools, try Oracle Discoverer.  

Regards,
Kev.    

"hit any user to continue"

Kevin Thomas
Technical Analyst
Deregulation Services
Calanais Ltd.
(2nd Floor East - Weirs Building)

Tel: 0141 568 2377
Fax: 0141 568 2366
http://www.calanais.com <http://www.calanais.com/>  

-----Original Message-----
Sent: 10 September 2001 23:52
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Hey all,  

I just got out from a meeting where I was told that some of our users are asking for a tool to do their own queries against our database so they wouldn't have to request reports and such from IS. Oh BTW, they don't know
(or feel the need to learn) SQL so they will be needing something with
either a good GUI QBF or some kind of natural language interface.  

We are leaning against MS Query to avoid ODBC performance problems.  

Does anyone out there have users like this? Any product referrals with pros/cons?  

TIA   If you have any questions, please feel free to call me or drop me a note.  

Stephen Andert
480-445-2506

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