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reports with two datasource

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rhubi

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good day!

i am developing report but the problem is i have to use datasource other than oracle database. i will be using a column in oracle then the description of that field is in microsoft access. how could i possibly do that?

thanks!
 
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Starting from Reports 9i, you may use JDBC query object to connect to Access
 
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thanks but i am using reports 6i. would you know if it has a counterpart on 6i?
thanks again.
 
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AFAIK, Reports 6i do not have this functionality. You may try using Ref cursor query and reach Access tables from the PL/SQL code. Chances are there is a library or procedure out there to do this.
 
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