[Cialug] Open source for Crystal Report???

[Nathan C. Smith]

You may still use the Crystal Reports.  Are the charts and graphs generated
dynamically, on-the-fly or are they created on a schedule and stored
somehow?

Either way php or perl (among others) can be used to make a request from the
server and pull down the data or a report and return it to the public.
Methods could include the use of SOAP, FTP, and HTTP among others.  

Using Linux is less like moving to Japan and more like moving to Quebec.
Things are culturally similar, but just different enough to keep reminding
you you are in another country.  Whatever method you are using to get the
data now probably has a Linux Analog.

-Nate

-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Murray [mailto:Elizabeth.Murray@dnr.state.ia.us] 
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 2:47 PM
To: cialug@cialug.org; theron@conrey.org
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Open source for Crystal Report???



We do have a highly skilled Unix person who is working on Linux now.  
Crystal Reports is being used to make a chart with data from an Oracle
database.    IIS server connects to a CR Server that links to a
production database to create charts and graphs.

>>> theron@conrey.org 4/22/2005 2:25 PM >>>
I've spent ALOT of hours rearranging deck chairs............

-Theron


Nathan C. Smith wrote:

>Are you looking for easy report writing, or just scheduled or slick 
>web-based reports once the reports are written?
>
>I'm not familiar with any report-writing tools.  PHP can out put
reports in
>many formats including PDF and via SMTP.  Perhaps you could clarify
what you
>are looking for a bit more?
>
>Is the individual that wants to change platforms skilled with Linux
and
>Apache?
>
>If I put on my psuedo-security expert hat for a minute, I would say, 
>switching platforms isn't necessarily the best insurance you have
against
>getting hacked.  Setting up your servers to be secure to the level of
risk
>you can manage and accept is all any of us can do.  I really like
Open
>Source like Linux BSD and Apache, but if you don't have the talent
in-house
>to secure a system to a level of risk you are comfortable with,
changing
>platforms is like rearranging deck chairs on the titanic.  Some
opinions
>will differ, but Apache, as it ships with many distributions is
actually
>less secure and harder to manage (lots of pre-installed modules) than
IIS.  
>
>In any case, it will boil down to a few things: The level of risk you
are
>able to accept.  The level of risk you can budget, and the skills of
the
>individuals handling the network, server systems, and web
programming.
>
>My opinions, I hope others have a take on this too.
>
>-Nate
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Elizabeth Murray [mailto:Elizabeth.Murray@dnr.state.ia.us]
>Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 1:17 PM
>To: cialug@cialug.org 
>Subject: [Cialug] Open source for Crystal Report???
>
>
>HI.  New to the group and new to Linux.   
>
>Do you know if there is an open source or Linux substitute for
Chrystal
>Report?
>
>One of the guys on my web team is wanting to replace all of our MS IIS
sites
>with Linux.  We got hacked last week.
>
>Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
>Liz M
>
>V. Elizabeth Murray, CNE5, CNE6, MCP
>Information Technology Specialist V
>Air Quality Bureau
>Iowa Department of Natural Resources
>515-281-8565
>elizabeth.murray@dnr.state.ia.us
>_______________________________________________
>Cialug mailing list
>Cialug@cialug.org 
>http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug 
>
>
>  
>

_______________________________________________
Cialug mailing list
Cialug@cialug.org 
http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug
_______________________________________________
Cialug mailing list
Cialug@cialug.org
http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug