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From: Berin Loritsch <bloritsch@d-haven.org>
Subject: Re: I'm back for a short stint
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 14:22:17 -0400
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Tim Larson wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 01:54:40PM -0400, Berin Loritsch wrote:
> 
>>At least as a user.
>>
>>I'm going to have to throw together a "drill-down" way to print reports
>>for a web-service/database backed system.  I'm going to have to get my
> 
> 
> I assume you know about the "drill-down" support in xReporter, and that
> it can create reports either from a database or from xml data fetched
> from elsewhere, such as from a web-service.

Actually no.  I haven't been actively involved with Cocoon code for 
almost two years no (I can't believe it has been that long....).

Got some pointers?

> 
> 
>>laptop set up with Tomcat and Cocoon.  So much has changed since I last
>>messed with this.  Note: I have 4-5 days to be finished with the project
>>(start to finish).  Doesn't leave a lot of time for dilly-dallying.
>>
>>Since I am coming from a fresh perspective I hope you don't mind if I
>>post some observations on what I have seen as far as ease of use/
>>performance/ etc.  I'm pretty excited on one hand, but not so crazy
>>about my schedule.
> 
> 
> Hoping this helps you with your short schedule,
> --Tim Larson
> 


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