Re: Replacement for SQR -- ALL ON BOARD

["Risman, Mark D." <mrisman@PAINEWEBBER.COM>]

Wow!  Throw in elimination of world hunger, and I'd say you got a deal!   :->

Seriously, though, if you could find someone or some group that could develop 
all that for free; then more power to you.  if not, as others have suggested, 
you need to weigh what SQR brings you with what it costs.

- Mark



                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Scott Eubank [mailto:SEUBANK@ADVANCEAUTOPARTS.COM]
                Sent:   Wednesday, February 28, 2001 11:04 AM
                To:     SQR-USERS@list.iex.net
                Subject:        Re: Replacement for SQR -- ALL ON BOARD

                Oh what a GREAT IDEA...

                    OPEN SOURCE SQR
                    copylefted SQR

                   SQR is ridiculously expensive. 35k an installation.  But 
being cross
                platform and multidatabase makes it worth its expense UNTIL a 
OPEN SOURCE
                tool becomes available.

                I don't know perl but would be willing to learn if the group 
would like to
                start an OPEN source project that would provide a platform 
independent
                Reporting TOOL that  :
                1) provided the platform transparence of SQR
                2) at a MINIMUM the same database support as SQR
                3) was as easy to program in as SQR
                4) provided the Same functionality as SQR
                5) was FREE - to all users

                  The fist question is : Is there a Tool already available that
                  fits this definition or provides say 80% of the functionality 
we
                  want?

                  If yes : can we modify the tool to fit our needs if not then
                  the question is HOW do we create the tool?

                  What do you create this tool with / language wise?

                  How do we coordinate the development process?

                  and on and on ... but these question should be answered if we 
want a true
                tool that is as "wonderful" as SQR.


                  I AM ON BOARD . if enough people are, I am not one to provide 
project
                coordination but I maybe able to provide some insight into 
things OPEN
                SOURCE.


                -----Original Message-----
                From: John Milardovic [mailto:milardj@SX.COM]
                Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 10:18 AM
                To: SQR-USERS@list.iex.net
                Subject: Re: Replacement for SQR


                I have written some operational reports in Perl using the DBI 
module and
                found it very easy.  I have thought about writing a perl 
reporting module
                (to handle on-breaks, conditional headers, graphics etc) but 
have been so
                swamped that it will be a while before I can put much thought 
into it.

                The SQR-to-Perl converter would probably be more work then 
rewriting the
                reports though.  Although a more simple "first-pass" converter 
could
                probably be written fairly easily.



                > -----Original Message-----
                > From: pDaleCampbell [SMTP:pdCampbell@GOODYEAR.COM]
                > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 11:12 AM
                > To:   SQR-USERS@list.iex.net
                > Subject:      Replacement for SQR
                >
                > We have several HP-UX systems coming off-lease this year, and 
it appears
                > an
                > excellent time to AGAIN look for a replacement for SQR.  
Especially since
                > a
                > new license from BRIO now quotes at ~$35K (can't get SQR 
without their
                > whole
                > package?); it seems money is no object.
                >
                > So... Does anyone have a suggestion on a replacement for SQR? 
 Has the
                > group
                > considered banding together and writing (or hiring someone to 
write) an
                > SQR
                > to "something else" (Perl?) converter.
                >
                > --
                > GTR * * * * * * * * #1 in Tires! * * * * * * * * GTR
                > pDale Campbell               pdCampbell@goodyear.com
                > I don't speak for Goodyear; more's the pity.