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size=2 face=Arial>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
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size=2 face=Arial>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.
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size=2 face=Arial>If you have any trouble using it, file issues on the issue
queue. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>Dave</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> support-bounces@drupal.org
[mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>prothero<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Monday, January 31, 2011 10:44 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
support@drupal.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [support] Report from an arbitrary
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<DIV></DIV>Thanks, Dave. This may be useful for another application I'm thinking
of, as long as it will access external mySQL databases.
<DIV>Bill<BR>
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<DIV>On Jan 31, 2011, at 9:05 AM, Metzler, David wrote:</DIV><BR
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size=2 face=Arial>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 <A
href="http://drupal.org/project/forena">http://drupal.org/project/forena</A> a
try. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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