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
).
Setting up the Text PDS configuration file
Creating a Text data source query using the Report Wizard
Creating a Text data source query manually
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