General Database Question
We are evaluating FastReports. Currently we use Crystal Reports for "ad hoc" reporting.
Our system has over 100 tables. One thing I liked about Crystal was when you hooked it up to the database the end user could select any table. And when you selected two tables that were joined with a common field the "smart linking" feature automatically made the join,
So far in evaluating FastReports it seems you need to first define your tables/queries via TfrxDBDataset and then pass these to the report. Additionally I have not seen where in the interface you can join tables. But instead you must do the join yourself in the query.
Is this generally true? Or am I missing something?
Thanks,
Mark.
Our system has over 100 tables. One thing I liked about Crystal was when you hooked it up to the database the end user could select any table. And when you selected two tables that were joined with a common field the "smart linking" feature automatically made the join,
So far in evaluating FastReports it seems you need to first define your tables/queries via TfrxDBDataset and then pass these to the report. Additionally I have not seen where in the interface you can join tables. But instead you must do the join yourself in the query.
Is this generally true? Or am I missing something?
Thanks,
Mark.
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