[support] Report from an arbitrary database

[prothero]

Dave:
Thanks. I'll certainly give it a try.
Thanks for your contribution.
Bill
William A. Prothero
http://earthednet.org/



On Jan 31, 2011, at 10:49 AM, Metzler, David wrote:

> It will access any PDO database (mysql included) and also allows  
> native support for Oracle.  We use it for reporting against oracle,  
> but also used it to add chat logs to the Openfire chat server:  
> another mysql application.
>
> I'm working on adding Postgres native support as well in order to  
> take advantage of some of the cool XML specific technologies in  
> postgres.
>
> If you have any trouble using it, file issues on the issue queue.
>
> Dave
>
> From: support-bounces at drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces at drupal.org]  
> On Behalf Of prothero
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 10:44 AM
> To: support at drupal.org
> Subject: Re: [support] Report from an arbitrary database
>
> Thanks, Dave. This may be useful for another application I'm  
> thinking of, as long as it will access external mySQL databases.
> Bill
>
> William A. Prothero
> http://earthednet.org/
>
>
>
> On Jan 31, 2011, at 9:05 AM, Metzler, David wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure what you're expecting drupal to do vs. your online  
>> application.  But if you need to produce a report from an arbitrary  
>> database, with the context of a drupal site (as your subject  
>> suggests), you might consider giving http://drupal.org/project/ 
>> forena a try.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]
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