Heck as far as that goes you can use access thru odbc and pull up your
tables and use accesses report generation.
Rob
"SMJ" <meebus@stark.51glen> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently in the progress of setting up a databasing system for a
> sales company, using a pure Linux / Postgresql solution. I've
> traditionally used MS Access 97 for the setup of similar systems, and have
> yet to work out one problem -
>
> What is a viable way to generate printable 'reports', in a similar fashion
> provided by MS Access?
>
> For example, say I've got a postgresql database of client information
> (names, addresses, etc.), and I want to use this information to generate
> envelopes for mailouts. As far as my understanding goes, such
> functionality is not provided by postgresql itself.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> - Steve Jender
>
>
