Re: kicking off a report from JDBC?

I have a Java client application that is not web-based. It talks to the Oracle database via JDBC. My application could display html reports or pdf files simply by spawning off a browser(html) or acrobat(pdf). I just don't know if there is a way to generate the report programmatically, from within my application. Everyone I've talked to says you have to generate the report by running Oracle's report viewer application. But I don't want my customers to have to learn Oracle's report viewer in order to see a report.

Tom

In article <_R%K5.47977$%t3.2710902_at_news1.rdc1.tx.home.com>,   <support_at_javautil.com> wrote:
> The oracle report server works well, but requires a few work arounds.
>
> Is this a web application?
>
> I wouldn't run this thing without an http proxy due to serious
 security
> holes, but you can bang one together in a dozen lines of code or so.
>
> There is a command line interface for generating reports.
>
> <tomh2099_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message
 news:8tcssf$cgq$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> > I am considering using Oracle reports after having some problems
> > with my current Report tool vendor. However, I haven't
> > found out if there is a way to actually generate the report
> > (not design the report, but kick off a report) from
> > within my java application. Is there a PL/SQL statement that
> > will create report in either PDF or HTML format, something
> > like
> > CREATE REPORT myreport.rdf TO myoutput.pdf (wishful thinking)
> >
> > I would like my client application to create the report output using
> > an SQL command over my JDBC connection, and then grab the created
 file
> > from the server so I can display it with acrobat or a browser.
> > I have never used Oracle Reports. Is this type of thing possible?
> >
> > Tomh_at_comm.com
> >
> >
> >
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