Web reports can be produced in a lot of ways using any of the many server-side programming technologies, such as PHP, JSPs, Perl scripts and the like. Standalone desktop reporting tools also are ...

Listing 1 is a Perl script written by my colleague Trevor Price that queries the sample database called Northwind. This database is included with a typical SQL 2000 installation.

Developer .com Solutions Inc. has released CGIScripter 2.08 Enterprise Edition, which now produces Perl CGI scripts for PostgreSQL databases. This update makes seven databases that CGISCripter now ...