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- From: deflenniken@beckman.com
- Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle
- Subject: Re: SQR bought by Sybase; Future direction of SQR?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug12.115307.959@beckman.com>
- Date: 12 Aug 92 18:53:07 GMT
- References: <1992Aug11.093521.954@beckman.com> <qZaePB1w164w@cellar.org>
- Organization: Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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- In article <qZaePB1w164w@cellar.org>, kml@cellar.org (Lazlo Hoover Toth) writes:
- > deflenniken@beckman.com writes:
- >
- >> In article <1992Aug5.232734.9943@oracle.us.oracle.com>, dbmoore@us.oracle.com
- >> > In article <kpalm.712606717@athena> kpalm@athena.qualcomm.com (Kent Palm) w
- >> >>Now that Sybase owns SQR (Structured Query Report Writer) originally develo
- >> >>by SQ Software, the question is what kind of support is Sybase going to
- >> >>provide for the SQR Oracle interface? Oracle v. 7 support? Timeframe?
- >> >>
- >
- > I would like to pass on my experience with SQR and the Oracle V7 Developers
- > Release. After going through the trauma of installing V7, SQR linked withi
- > no troubles whatsoever. The only problem I have encountered with it thus
- > far is when running the EXPORT.SQR program, since the datatypes it looks
- > for are hardcoded. This is any easy fix for anybody. I'd like to point
- > out that SQL*TextRetrieval 2.0 Beta has not yet linked correctly to V7
- > at my site. And having suffered through two years of a beast called
- > SQL*ReportWriter...but I digress. SQR works just dandy with V7.
- >
- > Cheers.
- > Kevin.
- >
- > This message may not be rebroadcast without the express written consent of
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- > kml%cellar@tredysvr.tredydev.unisys.com - My other account is a Mercedes.
-
- It is good news indeed to here of your success with SQR and V7. I too have
- suffered with SQL*Reportwriter and SQR was the medicine the cured the illness.
-
- I've installed V7 on VMS but haven't yet tried to link in SQR ... now
- I guess I will.
-
- Regards,
- Darrell
-