On 10/13/2011 1:40 PM, Dan Covill wrote: > On 10/13/11 08:42, kamcgin...@gmail.com wrote: >> This user would not want to spend a lot of money. They only need some simple >> reports and probably would not access more >> than 3 tables in the report. >> >> Any suggestions? > > We've had some success with Access. At least it's readily available, > supported, and has the MS imprimatur. It works, too. > > Caveat: Like all schemes for writing programs without programming, > success depends on the attitude of the person using it.
I'll throw Doug Hennig's Stonefield Query tool out here too. The mgmt decided not to use it at Sylvan (for no good reason) but it would have allowed end-users to create/run reports somewhat easily, taking advantage of the SDT info I had already on file about the database in the meta-data tables. -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/4e972409.9040...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
