We looked at SQR in 94. We didn't have need of controlling fonts and such, which I guess SQR is good at.
The SQR rep could come up with no compelling reason to use SQR rather than Perl, so simple ( as in not much procedural processing needed ) reports were done in Sqlplus. Anything complex was done in Perl. We never regretted that decision. Jared On Friday 14 February 2003 04:53, Mercadante, Thomas F wrote: > same product. and before MITI, it was owned by Sql Solutions. > > I still think it was one of the coolest - and easiest - batch > updating/reporting products on the market. I bought it and we converted > about 750,000 lines of Cobol code to Oracle forms and SQR back in the late > 80's early 90's. And Rachel, I remember the SQR RV in Miami in 91. Didn't > they also rent a large boat for a party? > > As far as I know, now it is used by SCT/Banner (college info software > product). I'm sure you can buy it outright from someone, but it is hard to > find. > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 6:44 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Hmmm - I wonder if we are talking about the same company? The SQR product I > know of came out of a US company called MITI (Long Beach, CA), and was > marketed in UK by SPS. It was originally a report writer for Oracle, but > developed the programming side to such an extent that it became (like > PL/SQL) a programming environment in its own right. > > Is this the same one that was bought by Sybase? Is it still owned by them? > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: 14 February 2003 10:59 > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > I believe SQR was bought by Sybase.... so Oracle didn't want it at the > conference. > > I remember IOUW in Miami (in '91 I think).... SQR had an RV outside the > conference hotel because they were not on the exhibit floor > > --- "Robson, Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <snip> > > > > Teradata would not be the first product banned. Way back in > > olden-times the > > maker of SQR were banned, but I cannot remember why. > > > > <snip> > > > > Well, I can answer that. SQR began life as a report writer with > > procedural > > capabilities. It arrived before PL/SQL, and was the first 4GL which > > provided > > procedural processing of Oracle data. Even after PL/SQL arrived, our > > local > > Oracle contacts confirmed SQR to be far superior... and as for > > comparing > > Oracle's report writer with SQR - oh please... > > > > peter > > > > > > ********************************************************************* > > This e-mail message, and any files transmitted with it, are > > confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee. If > > this message was not addressed to you, you have received it in error > > and any copying, distribution or other use of any part of it is > > strictly prohibited. Any views or opinions presented are solely those > > of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of the British > > Geological Survey. The security of e-mail communication cannot be > > guaranteed and the BGS accepts no liability for claims arising as a > > result of the use of this medium to transmit messages from or to the > > BGS. The BGS cannot accept any responsibility for viruses, so please > > scan all attachments. http://www.bgs.ac.uk > > ********************************************************************* > > > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > > -- > > Author: Robson, Peter > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day > http://shopping.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jared Still INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
