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>>I want to display graphics from my postgresql database, but I must
>>choose the proper tool first....
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>Wanting to "display graphics" is rather vague. Are you talking
>Entity-Relationship Diagrams? Directed trees? Pie/Bar/Line charts?
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Thank you for your response, Steve. I want to display Pie/Bar/Line charts
>Do you want to create them interactively? Generate them on a web site?
>How much programming are you willing to do?
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Yes, I want to create them interactively, but not necessary on a web site.
I am willing to program as much as neccesary.
>For business graphics the choices run the gamut from queries imported
>into OpenOffice to (gasp) MS Access talking to PG via ODBC.
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I am using PostgreSQL under linux
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>For web we have found jpgraph to be very nice. Not free for commercial
>use but dirt cheap and well worth the small price. It's runs under
>PHP so you can incorporate it in a web page or a shell script. It
>supports a variety of business and scientific graph styles.
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>AT&T's graphviz is interesting for directed tree and similar diagrams.
>You can roll your own queries to generate the necessary input files.
>This is what pgautodoc does to create database diagrams.
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>R is a statistical package which can create a variety of graphical
>outputs and there are a number of projects to integrate R with PG.
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>That's just a start. You might try searching freshmeat.net if these
>don't meet your needs.
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>Cheers,
>Steve
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Thank you Steve, so: is PG a good choice for me?
Cheers,
Carlos
