RE: [xml-dev] Oracle table to PDF using XML

[Mukul Gandhi <mukul_gandhi@yahoo.com>]

Thanks a lot Mike for answer .. I'll study Saxon XSLT
processor's capability with regard to this
requirement. I am also studying DataDirect's product
also ..  

Regards,
Mukul

--- Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com> wrote:
> > 
> > I am also tempted to use XQuery for this. I know
> Saxon
> > provides a XQuery processor. Can I somehow use
> XQuery
> > processor to fetch data from Oracle table as XML?
> 
> Saxon's XSLT processor has a simple extension to
> allow you to fetch data
> from a JDBC connection and import it into a
> stylesheet. It's not currently
> available with the XQuery processor.
> 
> (I wrote this as a demo, and was a little surprised
> a few weeks ago when
> visiting a consulting client to find myself
> suggesting it as a solution to a
> real problem that came up one morning, and having
> the solution working 15
> minutes later...)
> 
> There are of course much more heavyweight solutions
> available, both from
> Oracle and from third parties, such as DataDirect's
> recent XQuery product
> announcements.
> 
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
> 
> > 
> > Actually the real problem is - I have a Java
> program.
> > The Java program has to get "Oracle table data" as
> > XML. Then it should invoke FO engine providing
> this
> > "XML data" and "a XSL stylesheet" as input to
> produce
> > PDF document.
> > 
> > I request any suggestions to solve this problem ..
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Mukul
> > 
> > 
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