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About the Text pluggable data source

The information you must publish is often derived from data in various corporate data sources. These data sources may be SQL-based (relational databases) or non-SQL-based, such as character-delimited text. You can build reports using the Text pluggable data source (PDS), which is provided with Oracle Reports.

Before you can use a text file as a data source, you must set up the Text PDS configuration file (textpds.conf) with your text file's format information. With this data definition in the configuration file, Reports Builder can recognize your text file as a valid data source.

For a detailed example of using the Text PDS, see the chapter "Building a Report with a Text Pluggable Data Source" in the Oracle Reports Building Reports manual, available on the Oracle Technology Network Oracle Reports Documentation page (http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/reports.html).

See also

Setting up the Text PDS configuration file

Creating a Text data source query using the Report Wizard

Creating a Text data source query manually