Re: Creating Reports?

["Nathan M. Andelin" <nandelin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Phil,

Your comment kind of confirms my view that shops that deploy Java
applications will still find a need for RPG.  If Java were the only
supported language on the iSeries, would you use it to produce reports?  Or
would you choose a PC based tool?

Nathan.
www.relational-data.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil" <sublime78ska@yahoo.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 10:42 AM
Subject: RE: Creating Reports?


> All RPG.  Even for the java projects I've worked on, reports were done in
> RPG.
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> > [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Wills, Mike N. (TC)
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 12:30 PM
> > To: 'midrange-l@midrange.com'
> > Subject: RE: Creating Reports?
> >
> >
> > Almost 100% RPG. Most of the management are using Access for data
access.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nathan M. Andelin [mailto:nandelin@relational-data.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 11:23 AM
> > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: Creating Reports?
> >
> >
> > Are people still using RPG and COBOL to create reports?  Or, have
> > they moved
> > on to some other tool?  For example, Seagate Software claims that their
PC
> > based report generator (Crystal Reports) is the most popular
> > reporting tool
> > on the planet.  Actually, I'm familiar with several other PC products
that
> > use an ODBC connection to access OS/400 data and generate
> > reports.  But I'm
> > interested in hearing opinions about the best ways to produce reports,
> > invoices, account statement, etc.  What are people using, and why?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Nathan M. Andelin
> > www.relational-data.com
> >
> >
> >
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