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From: pritchaj@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (John Pritchard)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: INGRES tools
Summary: Anyone have a crosstab-like utility?
Message-ID: <10478@thor.acc.stolaf.edu>
Date: 10 Jan 90 06:53:09 GMT
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Reply-To: snissen@carleton.edu ()
Distribution: comp.databases
Organization: Carleton College, Northfield, MN
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The college I work for purchased the INGRES database system last
summer, and we have recently begun working with release 6.2 on VAX VMS
systems.  It seems to me there are several "holes" in the tool set; that
is, there are several essential utilities that are missing.  I would
like to hear from anyone who has built similar utilities, toward the
possibility of an application trade as well as swapping experiences. 

We are considering developing an application, procedure, or report (or
combination thereof) that would generate a crosstab-style report on any
INGRES table, given the column to summarize, type of summary, column
across the top, and column down the left.  Does this ring any bells?
					Sande Nissen
					Carleton College, MN
					snissen@carleton.edu